Originally Posted by ComixZone
Trying to peg what some of our UFAs would be worth in a trade by looking at last year's trade activity:
Elias Lindholm comparables:
To TOR: O'Reilly, Acciari
To STL: Abramov, Gaudette, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
To NYR: Tarasenko, Mikkola
To STL: Blais, Skinner, 1st, 4th
To NYI: Horvat
To CGY: Beauvillier, Raty, 1st
I think that sets Lindholm's value at somewhere around a 1st and a 2nd, or a 1st and a 3rd.
Noah Hanifin comparables:
To BOS: Orlov, Hathaway
To WSH: Smith, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
To EDM: Ekholm, 6th
To NAS: Barrier, Schaefer, 1st, 4th
To LAK: Gavrikov, Korpisalo
To CBJ: Quick, 1st, 3rd
To OTT: Chychrun (term remaining)
To ARZ: 1st, 2nd, 2nd
I think that sets Hanifin's value at a 1st and 2nd in my eyes. He's a bit better and younger than what the other pending UFAs returned, but without additional term on his deal I think that places him as less than what Chychrun returned. Does his value improve based on the rumoured extension that's sitting in his pocket if he signs it for the trade (8 Years, $7.5M?)?
In 2022/2023, there wasn't a really good comparison for Chris Tanev due to his age. Ekholm could be viewed as reasonable comparison, but he was a bit younger (32 turning 33 the following May) than Tanev's 34 (assuming Tanev is dealt after December 20th) and Ekholm had 3+ years left on his contract. I'd probably take a stab at Tanev being worth a 2nd + 3rd, or 2nd + 2nd?
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