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Originally Posted by Knut
I guess we could simply just Give Andersson, Coleman and Kadri away for free in order to satisfy 10% off the fan base that wants a high pick at all costs.
Lets say you move them all for 2nd round picks just to help the tank.
Would you rather have.
3 2nds and a I haven't seen anyone suggest moving any player for only a single 2nd round pick. Doing so would be sheer lunacy.
75% Chance of picking top 3 ?
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3 first, 3 solid prospects + some young project players and
a Top 10 pick Strong chance our guys would be going to contenders, and would actually make those contenders even better... so those firsts would likely be in the 24-32 overall range. Our cupboards are full of solid prospects and project players. What we don't have is a bone fide bluechip guy.
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2 firsts, 2 solid prospects + some young project players + a Mentor in Coleman and
a Top 10 Pick No. The top-three in this draft are all potential franchise-cornerstone players. Again, we're practically tripping over solid prospects and project players. Failing to acquire a real superstar when we have a golden opportunity to do so has a very serious opportunity cost attached to it that people seem to be not recognizing.
Also, a lot of the teams that can buy these guys have cap implications and may need to wait until closer to the deadline to fit in their salary. You also can not MAKE some other GM make a move. This is why God invented weaponizing cap space. These teams all have at least one contract they'd like to unload. There's value in taking those off their hands.
You could argue that they should have dealt them last year and I agree that Andersson should have been moved but you cant just move them for nothing right now. Factor in the returns on these guys. Kadri had a lot of trade protection until this season as well.
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Answers in red.
To reiterate, I want to swing for the fences. There are some exciting bluechip targets out there we can be aiming at, and without worrying about getting a current NHLer back as part of the return (other than a bad contract), at kills two things at once. A future top-line player from the trade, and strengthens our chance at landing a cornerstone player in the draft.
Nobody wants to trade anyone for nothing... although, trading everyone for a bag of pucks and then finishing in last place, guaranteeing us one of McKenna, Verhoeff or Lawrence would still be a pretty good trade. (I'm not actually recommending doing that, since finishing in 32nd place is the only guarantee of a top-three pick, which is way too much of a risk.)