Say Oilers aren't able to find anyone willing to part with a high end D who's ready now for the 10th+, do you prefer Oilers staying put at 10 and just taking say Boqvist for example and delaying that contribution for a few years down the road or rather go for a package like the one offered or similar type help now quantity for future quality offer? For clarity I'm valuing AA and Nyquist each as late 1st/2nd+.
I don't see the Oilers parting with 10, unless it fills an important area of need namely a PP QB d-man (preferably right handed) (depending on the d-man we are willing to add for this need). I would also do it for an
ideal linemate for Draisaitl that is on an affordable contract with term, but I don't think management would as they've shown a bit of disregard for wingers. Oilers prospect group is also one of the very worst in the league, so replenishing it is something that needs to be done to a certain extent.
In general we have a lot of lefties and there is a general bias towards getting more right handed shots, so it's a bit less appealing off the hop just for that reason. To me Athanasiou is more of a McDavid linemate than a Draisaitl one, and with RNH gelling with McDavid well late in the season, I don't think Athanasiou would really figure into our plans. I could see Athanasiou as someone we'd want for the 3rd line, but I can't imagine us giving up more than our 2nd round pick for him. Nyquist is someone I'm sure could fetch a 1st at the next trade deadline, but I don't think he can do that right now, picks move freely at the deadline with teams desperate to improve and push for a cup, but going into the draft weekend teams really prefer to hold onto their picks.
Short and sweet I don't think Detroit has anything that they'd be willing to offer, that would give us pause to give up the 10th overall pick.
