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Originally Posted by Insufficient Funds
That would be a really good return for Dushene.
How about using those picks as pieces in a trade for the type of player you described? I think that's part of the problem in COL, they don't seem to have any imagination on approaching this from different angles.
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Too risky IMO. Who's trading a key young player for draft picks? Almost no one. Why would anyone trade a really good young player for picks? I mean we saw it with the Hamilton deal but those types of trades happen almost never. Would we trade Bennett, Tkachuk, Monahan or Gaudreau for picks? No. Would we trade Brodie or Hamilton for picks? No. Try to imagine what team what trade a good young potential franchise player for picks? Pretty hard to imagine isn't it? Players are typically traded for picks solely because they are cap dumps and good young potential franchise players are often cheaper and rarely traded as cap dumps.
They HAVE to get the right piece back in the actual Duchene deal. You cannot bank on trading picks for young players. You can trade picks for veterans but that's not the type of player they need back.
They need a Johansen for Jones type deal basically. A swap of two good young players.