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Originally Posted by Bonded
Maybe, maybe not. Detroit might have given up the 15th overall but I am guessing most of the offers still would have been protected 25 1sts. When is the last time a player like Andersson was traded for a pick at a draft.
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Well big trades rarely happen at any time in the NHL so it's always tough to find comparable.
Closest comparable trades around the draft would have been:
Hamilton: 15th OV + 45th + 52nd
Trouba: 2019 1st (20th OV) , Neal Pionk
Jones + 32 Overall for Boqvist, 12th overall, 2022 1st, 2021 2nd
Sergachev: Moser, Geekie, 2nd, 7th
Nobody is making a move as bad as the Jones trade again (great job Stan Bowman!) but the Trouba and Sergachev deals are kind of the framework I think.
Both Moser and Pionk have been great for Tampa and Winnipeg respectively and that's the type of deal you want to make. Get some assets (Geekie/1st) on top of a piece that actually isn't as big of a downgrade on the piece you moved out as you would have thought.
Like I look back to the 2024 draft and if you could have gotten Walman + 15th OV pick + 2024 2nd (53rd OV) that would probably be looked back at as a huge win. Walman is probably actually outplaying Andersson this year. Hage was on the board so Flames would have a high end center prospect in the system. And names like Leo Sahlin Wallenius, Teddy Stiga, Carter George were still there at 53.
As an aside I still can't believe Yzerman though he was so desperate to move out a top 4 dman in Walman, and clear out his $3.4M salary, that he attached the 53rd OV pick to him.