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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
It's strange how most of you believe that a player with 63 NHL games played is a finished product. This kid has an incredibly unique skillset.
"His value will never be higher"... based on what exactly? Is it possible? Sure, but it's also very possible he takes yet another step. What his value if he pops in 20 goals, 50 points, and 150 PIM's next year at a 1M dollar salary?
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I find it strange how Markstrom has almost no value, retention on Markstrom has almost no value and apparently Pospisil has little value.
Ottawa traded (at the time) the 12th overall pick (although they were tied in points with the 10th overall pick along with 2 second round picks for two full seasons of Chychrun. Ottawa was 5 points out of the playoffs with 22 games left at the time and had to pass 3 other teams and stay ahead of the two teams they were tied with to make the playoffs. They knew they were trading a high pick in a stronger draft than this years draft and still did it. I think people way over value the 10th overall pick based on recent history and how NHL teams seem to value those picks.