PriceIsGod
Carey Please :)
This is one of those proposals where everyone is better off saying "nope!"
Montreal could get better value for MaxPac elsewhere.
Carolina is better off keeping #2 and taking Svechnikov, rather than downgrading to Zadina and adding a pending UFA who we won't re-sign and flip at the TDL for more depth futures we don't need.
I'm not sure I have Zadina in the top-5 come draft day personally, so in my opinion yes the gap is gigantic. But that is all opinion based thinking.
I just don't see the value for the Canes being a cap team that won't re-sign him, and don't have serious Stanley Cup aspirations next season. At best they trade him at the deadline for a 1st+, but even then they're essentially getting the worse prospect (by a lot in my eyes), a late 1st and maybe a prospect from a contender.
Just for curiosity sake, in a world where you flip Pac at the draft pretty much upon acquiring him/a three way deal were to happen what would Canes fans think then.
Just an outline for an example:
Canes acquires:
#3, #15
Montreal acquires:
#2
Florida acquires:
Max Pacioretty
Now obviously more could/probably would be added but those are the main pieces. Would Carolina do it or would they rather #2 and draft Svech? I'm really just curious because personally I would take #3 and #15 but that's looking at it from a Habs POV and we have quite a few holes to fill with a roster overhaul.