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Can we trade Kessel to WPG for Ehlers+Hellebuyck+2nd this year?
Yes but...why?
Can we trade Kessel to WPG for Ehlers+Hellebuyck+2nd this year?
That's a terrible trade for us.
I always get nervous with American players coming through there National team program.
The top players PPG wise are:
P. Kessel
P. Kane
C. Keller (2016)
J. Bracco (2015)
A. Matthews (2016)
J. Eichel (2015)
Not worried about the USDP. A lot of solid players there.
Hellebuyck has the potential to be a very good starter in NHL. He has success wherever he has played and has been putting up some unreal numbers. He plays just like Miller calm and composed between the pipes and also has decent size.
Ehlers has the mentality of win at anything, something we lack. He plays with motivation and tries to do the best he can all the time. Last year with Drouin on the team he put up 104 points in 63 games. This year without Drouin he has 72 points in 35 games. That's over 2 ppg something that shows he is progressing very well.
2nd this year will be a late 2nd. I honestly don't put too much to the 2nd as much as the other 2. How in the world is this a bad trade for us?
Good, maybe its from the lower selected guys which are always a hit or miss anyhow.
Trading Phil Kessel, our top asset, for a top 6 prospect, a prospect that will likely be a backup goalie, and a late 2nd.....
How in the world is it even close to a good deal for us?
How about
1 goalie prospect
Ehlers
1st (Winnipeg)
1st (from Buffalo)
for
Kessel
or maybe the same package but take out the goalie prospect.
Trading Phil Kessel, our top asset, for a top 6 prospect, a prospect that will likely be a backup goalie, and a late 2nd.....
How in the world is it even close to a good deal for us?
Okay.
I also think that Ehlers will also end up being a 60 pts player who won't be afraid of taking a hit and work at the boards. May be one of the 1st rounders they have might make you change your opinion? NVM though, Kessel is a god.
How about
1 goalie prospect
Ehlers
1st (Winnipeg)
1st (from Buffalo)
for
Kessel
or maybe the same package but take out the goalie prospect.
Okay.
I also think that Ehlers will also end up being a 60 pts player who won't be afraid of taking a hit and work at the boards. May be one of the 1st rounders they have might make you change your opinion? NVM though, Kessel is a god.
Ehlers is good but is never going to be Kessel good.
Kessel is going to bring back a boatload, not just Ehlers and a mediocre goalie prospect with a 20-30 1st
I keep refreshing twitter like a mad man... I may have a problem.
This is going to be a long road to the trade dead line. It's going to be even longer until the draft.
Hopefully it pays off...
Well he's good friends with Wheeler so who knows. Could convince him if an offer came up.if Kessel would agree to go to the Peg (who knows with Phil), I'd be asking for Ehlers AND Morrissey
WPG's farm team is god awful, but only if it helps you sleep well at night thinking Gibson/Vasilevskiy are a whole lot better than Hellebuyck, its okay with me.