I wonder if Edmonton would consider something like #11 + Santini for #4 overall?
They have a huge hole at RHD and we're already rather well situated with Larsson & Severson plus guys like Jacobs & Mozik in the pipeline.
It would be a tough pill to swallow but getting a forward like Dubois / Tkachuk would be huge for us.
Why make this move? IMO It's just making one for the sake of it.
The difference between Dubois/Tkachuk/Nylander & Jost/Keller/Brown is not great enough to do it. Yes, the first 3 names mentioned are projecting higher, but its not a huge talent gap like it is in other years in respect to the difference between 4 and 11 and the forwards that are going in that range. Santini also is probably not enough of an add at this point. We'd have to offer at least another pick and it'd probably be a 3rd or a future 2nd. The only positions worth moving up to in this particular draft IMO are top 3 and I don't think we're even close to strong enough in respect to talent depth to consider making a move to get into the top 3 b/c of asset cost. If we make moves we need to be adding picks or players in their early 20s that make sense for our team. That's why making that trade with Detroit to get the #16 by taking on Datsyuk's cap hit makes so much sense. That's almost certainly not going to happen, but thats the type of move we should make. If that Detroit move occurred, then its possible to consider moving up, but if its not top 3, its just not worth it in this particular draft. Talent gap is too close after 3.
We're going to need Santini if he's the real deal going forward. He's already at a point in development where we can see him paying some dividends sooner than later. Scoring a Jost/Keller/Brown would be a good grab for us and it doesn't cost legitimate assets to get one of em.
Someone on the main board had asked if Chychrun is available at 11 and the draft breaks right and Boston offered 14 and 27 for 11 and 41 would you do it?
I think in order to do this the draft would need to break perfectly for the Devils. I would consider if at that point all three of Jost, Keller, and Brown are still sitting there.
Im sure lots of people will say run up and take Chychrun which i understand. Im just wondering peoples opinions on the matter.
This is the type of move that I personally would hope is thought about long and hard if a player fell that Boston wanted. Its not a far drop to 14 and picking up another first is a plus. It just really would depend on what the board looked like at the time/who was available. Its not a stretch that Jost/Keller/Brown are all gone by 11. Its much less likely that happens, but its possible. We also don't know who our scouts are high on. We could have McLeod above them. The one thing about the 27 is that its a very late 1st and the talent gap does get more pronounced once we hit 22-23. There's just too many variables that have to play out before saying do it or don't. Hell,
TSN's post-lottery mock has Brown going at 5 and Jost at 9. They have us taking Keller with Chychrun still on the board.
