iginlafan77
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Maybe the Oilers should trade McDavid to Arizona, so they can unite the Stromes
And they can trade draisaitl for Matthew strome too!
Maybe the Oilers should trade McDavid to Arizona, so they can unite the Stromes
LOL. "Would Ottawa be willing to give up Brady for Gaudreau?"
Gosh I dunno... Gaudreau's a good player and all but that Brady Tkachuk is a shoo-in to be way better.
I think a better proposal would've been Juuso Valimaki for Brady Tkachuk. Top prospect for top prospect. And if you want to reunite the Stone bros. as well, Sam Bennett + prospect (Dillon Dube/Tyler Parsons) + 1st (2019) for Mark Stone.
There is no doubt teh Sens would say yes, but then they would flip Gaudreau to another team to save the money.The better question would be: “Would Eugene approve adding another $6.75mil to the payroll at the expense of a dirt cheap elc?”
Common sense would say yes but common sense is in short supply in our management.
I think a better proposal would've been Juuso Valimaki for Brady Tkachuk. Top prospect for top prospect. And if you want to reunite the Stone bros. as well, Sam Bennett + prospect (Dillon Dube/Tyler Parsons) + 1st (2019) for Mark Stone.
And they can trade draisaitl for Matthew strome too!
I'd rather hold onto the stud defensive prospect right now. Its not a bad offer, I just think that Valimaki will be better then Brady value wise. Not interested at all in the second one, and with the Flames missing the first round of the draft last year, dumping another first rounder for a likely departing stone isn't that interesting.
I think a lot of people will wake up to Juuso Valimaki sooner rather than later. The guy gets almost no attention, or love on this forum.
No major holes to his game. Elite offensive ability, high IQ, big, good skater and an absolute workhorse in terms of improving/conditioning. He almost played his way onto the Flames defense last season in the preseason... as a kid, with 6 guys who have been long time NHLers in front of him. There's a chance of him making Calgary out of Camp this season, he'll at least be a top 4D in Stockton... which is pretty decent.
Not only is the value way off, it just doesn't make any sense.
The Senators are rebuilding and the Flames are in "prove we're not a bubble team"-now mode.
Brady will likely become one of the league's premier power forwards, but even then he's not worth a franchise winger like Gaudreau.
If the Flames were willing to move Gaudreau, it would be for a much better package. Heck, look at what Duchene got.
You must not know what the one of the words "likely" or "premier" means. Brady is a great prospect, but far from a guarantee to be one of the best power forwards in the league.
Likely =/= guaranteed
I mean, they'd have to retain purely to make the value close.Oilers would have to retain. I mean, that cap hit...
(just in case it isnt glaringly obvious, )
I mean, they'd have to retain purely to make the value close.
I’d say that close, oilers might add a small assetFor sure. We're probably talking something like Strome + Weiss for Drai at at least 30% retained.
Brady Tkachuk is not the starting point for a player like Gaudreau. He is a secondary piece to close the cap. It would have to be one of Ottawa's top players + Tkachuk to make any sense at all, and even that doesn't work as all of Ottawa's best players are on short contracts.It's an overpayment... I am aware. How else do you move the needle to make it happen though?
No, the issue here is that you are expecting a team to trade their franchise player for a guy how might be a top line guy someday.i think Brady can be a top line guy. That's obviously the discore here.
i think Brady can be a top line guy. That's obviously the discore here.
In that context, "Likely" means the most probable scenario to occur. It is not "likely" that Brady becomes one of the best power forwards in the league. He will have to work really hard to establish himself as a 1st line forward, yet alone one of the best in the league.
Calgary would jump all over themselves to get Brady for Valimaki.I'd rather hold onto the stud defensive prospect right now. Its not a bad offer, I just think that Valimaki will be better then Brady value wise.
I think a better proposal would've been Juuso Valimaki for Brady Tkachuk. Top prospect for top prospect. And if you want to reunite the Stone bros. as well, Sam Bennett + prospect (Dillon Dube/Tyler Parsons) + 1st (2019) for Mark Stone.
Easy pass on Valimaki for Tkachuk.
Valimaki looks pretty good and if Tkachuks last name was Johnson he would have been a mid-1st pick based on his "skills."