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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
It's impossible to guess what might be on the table in a hypothetical Draisaitl trade, but it would eclipse the Tkachuk / Eichel values for sure.
If I had to guess what potential pieces could have been available in a trade I could have seen something like.
New York: Chytil, Kakko, Lafreniere, K.Miller, Schneider
Carolina: Jarvis, Necas, Kotkaniemi, Nikishin
New Jersey: Mercer, Nemec, Hischier
Buffalo: Power, Byram, Benson, Peterka,
Los Angeles: Byfield, Clarke, Lafferiere, Kaliyev,
Could you have gotten 2 of those "win now" pieces and additional picks/prospects from these teams...I could see it.
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Not a lot of star D in those lists ……
And downgrade on forwards . And most likely makes the team worse the next 2 years which is all they care about because you need McDavid to stay
Im also not sure how much ++ you’re getting with Laf or Byfield - but those are prob the two team Drais would be willing to resign with .
So you downgrade short term for long term (hopefully) success by making those trades . But oh wait - there’s a guy named McDavid only signed for the next 2 years !
If you trade Drais you are effectively losing McDavid and starting over .