Dooble08
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Ottawa traded Erik ****ing Karlsson for pennies on the dollar, what makes you think they'll get top dollar for those two? They won't. They absolutely have to trade Duchene who won't be re-signing and they're already losing leverage with the failed contract negotiations and the impending scratch on Thursday. They're likely going to trade him a few days before the deadline and in doing so, set the maximum price for any non Panarin/Stone rental. Given Ottawa's very poor history in trades, it's fairly safe to assume that they'll set that price pretty low.
Tatar at last year's trade deadline isn't really relevant because Tatar had term and he was one of the best players to be traded at the deadline. When Detroit trades a similar player in Gustav Nyquist as a rental who isn't top-3 in his TDL class, they're going to get a much weaker return.
If you're going to go around citing last year's trade deadline, why don't you remind us of Evander Kane? He was the best rental on the market, and he was traded for a conditional 1st, a 4th, and a D prospect. The trade deadline is a bit of a crapshoot and it's possible
Glad you brought an irrelevant trade into the mix. Karlsson was traded in the off season. Like I mentioned before you NEVER get players at the trade deadline for pennies on the dollar. I mean you brought up the Karlsson and Tatar trades in the same post. I mean from an outside perspective, they are fairly similar deals. So are you going to tell me that Karlsson and Tatar are similar players with similar skill? Nope, Vegas made a quick, spot purchase at 11:59 when they failed to convince Ottawa to trade Karlsson to them. More proof of this is the fact that Tatar didn't fit with their team, had 6 points in 20 regular season games, 2 points in 8 playoff games, then was traded to the Canadiens. (Also stating that a trade that happened at the trade deadline isn't relevant to other trades that happen at the trade deadline is just plain asinine )
Yup. Evander Kane (who is nowhere near as good as Panarin, Stone, or Duchene) was traded for a conditional 1st based on him resigning with the Sharks. Continuing in citing last year's trade deadline, don't turn a blind eye on the fact that Ryan Hartman returned a 1st round pick. This year Brian Boyle has already been traded for a 2nd round pick. I guess that's an irrelevant trade as well. But since it isn't, if Philadelphia and Carolina decide to trade Simmonds and Ferland, they will get larger packages than a 2nd round pick.
Every single year, we (hockey community) speak about 10-15 guys who could potentially be traded. When deadline day comes, only 3-5 of them actually get traded. The hauls that are brought in by the trades are fairly decent/above average. The exact same thing is going to happen here. 10-15 guys that you mentioned in your original reply, 3-5 of them will actually be traded, 3-5 of them will return 1st round picks or equivalent value.