Prospect Info: The first round pick this year: Trade or Keep?

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

It's a simple question. What should the Oilers do with their first round pick this year?

I vote trade it.

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[DaGap]

Should Keep it gonna need them as a replacement for McDavid or Draisaitl when they leave

 

[Cypress]

Keep it. Sign what you need in free agency for no asset cost.

 

[Oilception]

Trade to Seattle to take Neal or add for Neal and Koskinan

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Improve the team now, trade this pick if that's accomplished.

 

[Joey Moss]

Absolutely trade it.. wildcard draft this year and we need to contend next year. It’s a huge off-season. I’d move it for Reinhart (the good one).

 

[GOilers88]

Would love to see us draft one of Cossa or Wallstedt but I don't see it happening so yeah move it out for some real help now.

 

[XXIV97]

Trade it if you get a good player. Don't trade it for another Reinhart

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

Everyone knows how much I love the draft, but we should be shopping the pick.

McDavid is 24. We were better this series than the sweep would indicate, but at some point you can't leave it up to McDrai and puck luck anymore. Look at the Avs: MacKinnon has an off-night in Game 3 with 0 points and a -1, but they win 5-1 anyway. Holland needs to build the best team possible for next season. If we're not contenders by then, that's a fail on his part.

Unfortunately I don't have much faith in Holland. Hopefully he can prove me wrong.

 

[Patch101]

Trade it, but it must be a useful player with term

 

[Messrules11]

Trade it, need help now

 

[Llamamoto]

Target a relatively young top-6 forward with term for our 1st.

1st + for Reinhart/Forsberg
1st for Arvidsson/Buchnevich

 

[Zaddy]

Don't like this draft too much and Oilers have a late pick so if there was ever a time to trade the pick this might be the year. We really need to add another impact player to this roster and parting ways with the 1st rounder might be the best (or only) way to do it.

 

[gordonhught]

Keep the pick unless you get an offer you can't refuse.

 

[Stoneman89]

Keep it. We clearly need more young depth. The time to trade first round picks is when we actually have a contending team, and need to add a solid piece at the TD.

 

[McDrai]

Trade it. I think Buffalo will be ripe for the picking. Would be interested in any of the following:

Sam Reinhart
Victor Olofsson
Casey Mittelstadt
Tage Thompson

 

[McJadeddog]

It should have been traded at the deadline, and it should be traded at the draft. Next years 1st rounder should also be on the table, as should the 2023 first round pick. Our window to win is the next 4 years, full stop. Everything after those 4 years really doesn't matter much to be honest.

 

[Arpeggio]

If you can get a top-six forward or a top-four defenceman on a decent contract, trade it. If not, keep it.

 

[Spawn]

Happy to trade it if it's for a meaningful upgrade to the roster.

I wouldn't just trade it for the sake of needing to make a trade. That's how you end up with another 1st+ for Griffin Reinhart deal imo.

 

[McJesusSaves97]

How can we decide right now if we keep or trade the pick? If there is a good deal out there, trade it, if not, make the pick. We should be prepared for either option...

 

[Arpeggio]

Would be nice to trade couple firsts for Eichel or something, broken neck considered.

 

[Beerfish]

Keep it, we are not getting any awesome sauce player for trading our middle of the 1st round draft pick. We also have almost no draft picks because Hollandgenius traded them all away for junk.

Let's look back a year, would you be happy trading holloway for some mid to lousy tier player?

As to the suggestion we should package it with neal or kassian or koskinen or whatever to give to Seattle..... If we did that I would be out as an Oiler fan.

 

[ujju2]

If we can get an impact player back with some term (perhaps by packaging the 1st with other assets) then trade it.

 

[LaGu]

Pretty open question imo. If we're talking 1st for "a Reinhart", nope. 1st for "a Hossa", sure.

 

[SwedishFire]

Oilers need to do everything to aquire - a powerforward built for playoff games.
And a good shooter leftwinger, who also is good hunting the puck.