Quote:
Originally Posted by Blaster86
Thats what you get if there is an extension or framework for an extension in place. No extension, you're negotiating hard for the 1st.
|
Hope not. I look at what the leafs had to give up for O’Reilly as a rental last season as the framework for the Lindholm deal. The leafs traded a 1st round pick, a 2nd round pick, a 3rd round pick (from Ottawa), a B-level prospect (Mikhail Abramov), and Adam Gaudette. That got the leafs Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari. The blues retained 50% of O’Reilly’s cap hit and Minnesota retained another 25% of the cap hit in exchange for a 4th round pick.
We can debate who is the better player but, even assuming O’Reilly is a better player than Lindholm, I still think Lindholm should at least return a 1st round pick + 2nd round + B-level prospect. That’s a more than reasonable price to pay for what most trade boards consider one of the top 2-3 players that will be available at the TDL.