I think the best realistic deal from any team would be from Florida:
Ekblad + Barkov + Huberdeau + 2015 1st
Florida still has a line up of:
Jokinen - Bjugstad - Jagr
Pirri - McDavid - Hayes
Grimaldi - Bolland - Boyes
Upshall - Trocheck - Kopecky
Mckenzie - Thornton
Kulikov - Gudbranson
Campbell - Petrovic
McCoshen - Mitchell
Matheson
Goalies:
Luongo
Montoya/Ellis
While say, Edmonton, gets
Hall - Barkov - Eberle
Huberdeau - RNH - Yakupov
Pouliot - Draisaitl - Purcell
Gazdic - Gordon - Pakirinen
Pitlick - Fraser
Nikitin - Fayne
Nurse - Ekblad
Klefbom - Schultz
Ference
Fasth
Scrivens
How about NYR trade McDonagh, McIlrath, Talbot and #2 this year for #1 overall. Is that in the ballpark?
How about NYR trade McDonagh, McIlrath, Talbot and #2 this year for #1 overall. Is that in the ballpark?
Yeah, Florida would never do that. I would definitely consider McDavid for Ekblad and Barkov though. I'm actually pretty sure i would do it without thinking.I think the best realistic deal from any team would be from Florida:
Ekblad + Barkov + Huberdeau + 2015 1st
Florida still has a line up of:
Jokinen - Bjugstad - Jagr
Pirri - McDavid - Hayes
Grimaldi - Bolland - Boyes
Upshall - Trocheck - Kopecky
Mckenzie - Thornton
Kulikov - Gudbranson
Campbell - Petrovic
McCoshen - Mitchell
Matheson
Goalies:
Luongo
Montoya/Ellis
While say, Edmonton, gets
Hall - Barkov - Eberle
Huberdeau - RNH - Yakupov
Pouliot - Draisaitl - Purcell
Gazdic - Gordon - Pakirinen
Pitlick - Fraser
Nikitin - Fayne
Nurse - Ekblad
Klefbom - Schultz
Ference
Fasth
Scrivens
Could not possibly be anymore hypothetical however OP said we could cross between teams. So would the following group of players hold enough value for one of the top two picks:
E. Kane (50%) salary
C. Pickard
J. Gaudreu
D. Pastrnak
B. Dumoulin
I am way off in dreamland with this one I know
This thread is complete nonsense. Florida fan offering all that for mcdavid. Oilers fans merely calling it intriguing. I like McDavid and think that he will be generational. But even prime Crosby isn't worth what that florida offer was giving up. This is pure insanity.
As to the original Op. Hypothetical value of MCDavid at this point that would make the most sense to Edmonton would be something like....Subban/karlsson/doughty/weber/mcdonagh. Maybe a teeny tiny sweetener thrown in. That's it. Anything else cause more holes in a team than they can plug and simply doesn't make sense.
THAT is the value of Mcdavid. But that does. Mean oilers would or should trade him for something like that.
EDM: Malkin + Reilly
TOR: McDavid
PIT: Kessel + 1st(2016-edm) or 1st(pits)
I don't really like that from the Pens stand point. I don't think they'd do it, maybe if Toront ate some of Kessel's salary
EDM: Malkin + Reilly or Hanifin*(If Available)
TOR: McDavid
PIT: Kessel + 1st(2016-edm) or 1st(pits)
Maybe take a dump? Scuderi? Too long to be retaining IMO.
This thread is complete nonsense. Florida fan offering all that for mcdavid. Oilers fans merely calling it intriguing. I like McDavid and think that he will be generational. But even prime Crosby isn't worth what that florida offer was giving up. This is pure insanity.
IMO, the drop off between Ekblad and McDavid is not much. Ekblad is an elite generational defender, who has shown unparalleled maturity and development at the NHL level, whereas McDavid is a generational center who has not shown anything at the NHL level.
Florida is better off without making that deal as they have two solid, big centers with Barkov and Bjustad. Current Panthers in a few years will be better contenders than the team listed above.
Nobody will trade #1 Overall unless Crosby+ is involved. He is supposed to be the best player of the 21st century (so far). Don't see why a team would take a chance on trading that.