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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Nick Robertson is the Leafs best prospect. It's a big piece. The Flames will be fortunate to get a team's best prospect AND a 1st out of Johnny.
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I dont know about that. Both figuratively and literally i would not classify him as a "big" piece.
I agree its the "type" of deal you will get for a guy that other teams are seeing NGAF right now, but he also has a much larger sample size of thriving when he is happy and in the right place mentally.
If they deal JG before the deadline i think its a big mistake. Wait until the draft when you can have far more possibilities on destination and certainly on return. And I think that matters...a lot. Look at whats behind JG to come in and fill his spot. Not much size...anywhere.
This club has to get bigger. Period. They are pushed off the puck as a collective all over the ice. Now they have Dube/Mangi/Phillips as guys that could slide in to a JG spot...but they are all either undersized or flat out tiny. So is Gaudreau obviously......so size wise its a wash for one of them to claim a spot so you need to use 13 to upgrade both size and GAF meter IMO.
People still think of JG as an elite player. He isnt at this point and hasnt been for 2 calendar years. You can only expect something similar in return.....better than many but far from the best. So use him to upgrade something else on the roster. Maybe a somewhat similar but bigger RS/RW or a big bodied top 6 guy who may not be top shelf offensively but competes like hell, has some leadership and chips in offensively. Nic Robertson is none of that....though may be a fine player down the line.
Again though....way way more options this summer rather than now and that is an advantage which i think they have to use.