dahrougem2
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Eklund is as reliable as your local convenience store employeeEklund is surprisingly quiet about this one. Outsourcing mostly to Pagnotta and the "TradeRumors" guy
Eklund is as reliable as your local convenience store employeeEklund is surprisingly quiet about this one. Outsourcing mostly to Pagnotta and the "TradeRumors" guy
If we do acquire Karlsson without trading Barrie, you’d have to think Barrie would be traded for secondary scoring, no?
If we do acquire Karlsson without trading Barrie, you’d have to think Barrie would be traded for secondary scoring, no?
I just don’t think they were ever that bad of a team, and have a tendency to rebound well
Us this year being a great example of how recent records are deceptive on actual potential
Yes, I don’t think they’ll make the playoffs or something, but 10 worst in league does not seem like some pipe dream if they can get a couple solid players back
Again, I would not expect them to be as good as we were.The difference between us at OTT is that we had mackinnon go god mode all season. If they trade Karlsson who do they have that’s capable of putting up a hart caliber year? Who do they have that can play at a 115 point pace for an entire season? If Karlsson leaves their best defenseman is Cody ****ing Ceci. There’s just no one on that team that can carry them to respectability other than EK.
Again, I would not expect them to be as good as we were.
Just potentially good enough to devalue that pick a whole ton
I mean, even the scenario I’m proposing is it falling to 10th, so...I mean I’ll eat crow if I’m wrong, but if they trade Karlsson and their pick isn’t top 10 I’d be utterly shocked.
Strongly disagree hereWe are probably trading Barrie for forward help regardless of if the Avs get EK or not.
Strongly disagree here
I just don't see why we'd take back Bobby Ryan's contract.
Erik Karlsson is 28 years old. While he *should* age gracefully due to his playing style and skating ability, he's also had two major foot/ankle surgeries since 2013. I think he's a top-5 player in the league right now, but for how much longer? Are we willing to go 8x12 for his next contract, and pay him 12 mil per until he's 37 years old? I'm not. Love the guy but that's a hell of a lot of money to be paying a very old defensemen.
Then you factor in Ryan, and Ottawa potentially wanting Barrie/their 1st/prospect. That's just too rich for my liking.
I mean, even the scenario I’m proposing is it falling to 10th, so...
Fair enough.Oh. Lol. I thought you were implying it would be higher than that
Jack Hughes is still just 17 years old, his game has room to grow and may even have another level. So if your team is not looking too good next season, don’t hit the panic button. Jack Hughes could be coming your way to save the day.
Except for you, Ottawa — you traded away that pick, so good luck.
We are probably trading Barrie for forward help regardless of if the Avs get EK or not.
Fair enough.
I just think the value of the 10th pick is massively lower than, say, top 3
Maybe.Oh absolutely, you won’t get a disagreement from anyone on that. I’d say there’s like a 90% chance that the pick is top 10 and like 40-50% chance the pick is top 5. I won’t bring up the pick being top 3 because those are unlikely. Basically if we have that pick next year I’m expecting it to be in the 4-6 range.
Zadorov - Johnson
Girard - Cole
Nemeth - Barberio
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Pierce, you are ignoring the injuries and complete unreliability attached to Bobby Ryan.
Also, he must be protected in an eventual expansion draft. That sucks.
Not sure who this guy is or if it's reliable but...
That's huge.