Value of: Hardest position to trade for?

[maplepred]

Being a preds fan I think the absolute hardest position to acquire a top player for is a centreman. Is this true? I think goalies are easier to acquire than a top line centre. What about a top pairing defenseman?
I mean Nashville has never had to worry about that because we draft the crap out of amazing defenseman, but do other teams struggle with this more so than a top line centre?

Basically it would come down to this:
Who would be the hardest to acquire out of Carey price, John Tavares or drew doughty??
I am not talking about team needs or weaknesses, I just mean what is the hardest position to trade for? Picture those three on any given team.

I mean I see centres as the hardest to get but we traded a top defenseman for a top centre straight up with the Johansen for jones deal.

Are centres the hardest to acquire or no? I can't imagine it being a goalie, but I can definitely see top defenseman.

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[OilTastic]

i'd say defense, nobody wants to give a good one up it seems unless Ryan Johansen comes back.

 

[57special]

Tied between #1C and #1D.

 

[A91]

Defense. More specifically Right defense - Signed an Oilers fan.

 

[Hostile Offer]

Being a preds fan I think the absolute hardest position to acquire a top player for is a centreman. Is this true? I think goalies are easier to acquire than a top line centre. What about a top pairing defenseman?
I mean Nashville has never had to worry about that because we draft the crap out of amazing defenseman, but do other teams struggle with this more so than a top line centre?

Basically it would come down to this:
Who would be the hardest to acquire out of Carey price, John Tavares or drew doughty??
I am not talking about team needs or weaknesses, I just mean what is the hardest position to trade for? Picture those three on any given team.

I mean I see centres as the hardest to get but we traded a top defenseman for a top centre straight up with the Johansen for jones deal.

Are centres the hardest to acquire or no? I can't imagine it being a goalie, but I can definitely see top defenseman.

Price, obviously, even before his extension. Not that Tavares and Doughty are expendable scrubs but outside of McDavid perhaps Price is the MVP.

 

[TrillMike]

Top pair defenseman.

 

[Shootertooter]

Top pair defenseman.

Young top 4 RHD
Top Center is next hardest

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Being a preds fan I think the absolute hardest position to acquire a top player for is a centreman. Is this true? I think goalies are easier to acquire than a top line centre. What about a top pairing defenseman?
I mean Nashville has never had to worry about that because we draft the crap out of amazing defenseman, but do other teams struggle with this more so than a top line centre?

Basically it would come down to this:
Who would be the hardest to acquire out of Carey price, John Tavares or drew doughty??
I am not talking about team needs or weaknesses, I just mean what is the hardest position to trade for? Picture those three on any given team.

I mean I see centres as the hardest to get but we traded a top defenseman for a top centre straight up with the Johansen for jones deal.

Are centres the hardest to acquire or no? I can't imagine it being a goalie, but I can definitely see top defenseman.

You're a Preds fan. Your team has an abundance of defenseman. In fact you arguably have 4 top pairing defenseman and your GM wont trade one of them for Matt Duchene who is a #1C. That should show you that defenseman are more valuable than centres.

FTR I agree with Poile refusing to trade Ekholm for Duchene.

 

[BLNY]

#1 center.

IMO, there are more defenders ably filling a #1 role than there are centers.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

i'd say defense, nobody wants to give a good one up it seems unless Ryan Johansen comes back.

Even then it's your quantity. CBS had no good centers after Johansen (Before Wennberg's emergence), and still traded for a position of need, despite having an already very good RHD in Savard.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Defense. More specifically Right defense - Signed an Oilers fan.

How I see it is handedness is the most important for defenseman and least important for centers. Centers simply need balance with wingers. For the Flames a right handed shot center would be awesome especially to compliment Gaudreau's elite passing. For the Preds on the other hand a left handed playmaking defenseman would be great for Arvidsson/Forsberg. But as a whole the handedness isn't as important, as centers don't play the boards as often and overall their handedness makes little difference overall.

 

[BatVader]

In Montreal its a top 6C!

 

[RangerBoy]

Center and D. The two most important positions on the team. You have to draft those players.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Either #1C or #1D.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Being a preds fan I think the absolute hardest position to acquire a top player for is a centreman. Is this true? I think goalies are easier to acquire than a top line centre. What about a top pairing defenseman?
I mean Nashville has never had to worry about that because we draft the crap out of amazing defenseman, but do other teams struggle with this more so than a top line centre?

Basically it would come down to this:
Who would be the hardest to acquire out of Carey price, John Tavares or drew doughty??
I am not talking about team needs or weaknesses, I just mean what is the hardest position to trade for? Picture those three on any given team.

I mean I see centres as the hardest to get but we traded a top defenseman for a top centre straight up with the Johansen for jones deal.

Are centres the hardest to acquire or no? I can't imagine it being a goalie, but I can definitely see top defenseman.

Right now I would say it is a true #1D man. You would almost have to draft one since it would be very rare for a team to give one up in a trade. Or one can wait if one makes it to UFA status.

 

[Stuzchuk]

Tied between #1C and #1D.

pretty much this for me

 

[mouser]

I think we've seen more #1C's get traded in recent years then #1D.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

center and dman

 

[rt]

#1rhs d.

 

[Trapper]

Whichever position you don't have.

 

[wintersej]

You're a Preds fan. Your team has an abundance of defenseman. In fact you arguably have 4 top pairing defenseman and your GM wont trade one of them for Matt Duchene who is a #1C. That should show you that defenseman are more valuable than centres.

FTR I agree with Poile refusing to trade Ekholm for Duchene.

Bingo.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Yeah i'd say it's definitely between #1C and #1D especially #1RHD

 

[Drake744]

Reading people's opinions on here it really makes the straight up swap of Jones for Johansen even more incredible, especially since it's now been a season and a half and it has worked tremendously for both teams.

 

[Hunter368]

#1c & #1rhd

 

[Jumptheshark]

i'd say defense, nobody wants to give a good one up it seems unless Ryan Johansen comes back.

Or Taylor hall