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Scenario... The leafs win first overall. Dorian calls and offers #3 and #5 for it. What do you do?
Call me stupid but isnt our first rounder gone because of Marleau? This seems like the Kessel days when I didn't care what first rounder we got because he is gone regardless.
This is near to my own opinion. Also, not having to have another elite contract in three years would be helpful under the cap.Depends how they feel about who they could get at #5 .. If they feel that one of the top-ranked D-man has top pairing potential, a combo of that plus Stuetzle/Byfield could be worthwhile.
Then again as Stephen mentions you'd hate to see a divisional rival land an elite talent like Laf, who would likely torch the Leafs for years to come.
It's an interesting proposition because the Leafs have a lot of elite game breakers up front already, so while Stuetzle and Byfield aren't in Laf's tier they would be in a great position for success and positive development on the Leafs roster.
Then again acquiring Laf means the Leafs can explore moving one of their big names for a touted d-man.
Scenario... The leafs win first overall. Dorian calls and offers #3 and #5 for it. What do you do?
Jack Hughes | Kirby Dach | Alex Turcotte |
Rasmus Dahlin | Jesperi Kotkaniemi | Barrett Hayton |
Nico Hischier | Miro Heiskanen | Elias Pettersson |
Auston Matthews | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Olli Juolevi |
Connor McDavid | Dylan Strome | Noah Hanifin |
Aaron Ekblad | Leon Draisaitl | Michael Dal Colle |
Nathan MacKinnon | Jonathan Drouin | Elias Lindholm |
Nail Yakupov | Alex Galchenyuk | Morgan Rielly |
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Jonathan Huberdeau | Ryan Strome |
Taylor Hall | Erik Gudbranson | Nino Niederreiter |
John Tavares | Matt Duchene | Brayden Schenn |
Steven Stamkos | Zach Bogosian | Luke Schenn |
Patrick Kane | Kyle Turris | Karl Alzner |
Erik Johnson | Jonathan Toews | Phil Kessel |
Sidney Crosby | Jack Johnson | Carey Price |
Alex Ovechkin | Cam Barker | Blake Wheeler |
Marc-Andre Fleury | Nathan Horton | Thomas Vanek |
Rick Nash | Jay Bouwmeester | Ryan Whitney |
Ilya Kovalchuk | Alexander Svitov | Stanislav Chistov |
Rick DiPietro | Marian Gaborik | Raffi Torres |
Patrik Stefan | Henrik Sedin | Tim Connolly |
Vincent Lecavalier | Brad Stuart | Vitaly Vishnevski |
Joe Thornton | Olli Jokinen | Eric Brewer |
Chris Phillips | J.P. Dumont | Ric Jackman |
Bryan Berard | Aki Berg | Daymond Langkow |
Ottawa board has a similar poll, and it’s 85% for picks 3 and 5 over first only.
Possible, but I would go with 3 and 5 this year as well, Ottawa also has NYI first (top 3 protected), and 4 seconds. So I could see them try and move up on the Islanders pick with all the seconds.Endowment effect.
I think Dubas laughs at him and ends the phone call. There is a reason why the 1st overall pick has not been traded since the 2003 draft and do you really want to be the team who starts trading it again? Never mind to a division rival and the team who happens to play in the same Province.
The other GM who traded with Rick Dudley for the 1st overall pick in 2002 was Doug MacLean and he hasn't been a GM since being fired by Columbus. I only bring him up since MacLean would always say how he traded up to get Rick Nash every chance he could.Exactly this. One GM used to love trading out of the number one spot all the time and that was Rick Dudley back in 2002 and 2003. He is no longer an NHL GM and hasn't been for quite some time.
The other GM who traded with Rick Dudley for the 1st overall pick in 2002 was Doug MacLean and he hasn't been a GM since being fired by Columbus. I only bring him up since MacLean would always say how he traded up to get Rick Nash every chance he could.