bobholly39
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Which of these 3 players do you believe was the most valuable trade asset at the time or draft, and why?
Bonus question - whose more valuable today (taking contracts/rfa status/elc status into account).
In my opinion at time of draft the most valuable player was:
1. Dahlin. I don't remember the last time (if ever) a defenseman was as hyped as he was. I think his value was through the roof at the draft - and although I typically think a franchise #1C is more valuable than a #1D - i think as a prospect he was the exception.
2. Eichel. I think all the hype surrounding McDavid helped raise his stock a lot - and I think he was more valuable at time of draft than Matthews was
3. Still incredibly hyped prospect and very valuable - but if anything Laine's surge towards end of his draft year probably hurts his value a bit at time of draft. He also didn't have the McDavid hype to help him.
Today I think i'd rank them as:
1. Matthews. He started out his career better than the others (well Dahlin we'll see, still early) and better than anyone could have expected really. Improved every year and great performances this year. The RFA status doesn't scare me as much as it might others.
2. Dahlin. Was tempted to put him at #1 - but I still think Franchise center > Franchise D and Matthews has been dynamite since the start, so no reason to put him behind Dahlin
3. Eichel. He started out slower than Matthews, and there was even all of that talk/drama out of Buffalo about not liking his coach, etc. I think this hurt his value at least somewhat versus the other 2. He's playing insane this year and I think it's certainly close to the other 2 and potential is still there for him to be the best of the 3 - but I think those 2 factors have his value as slightly behind the other 2.
What does everyone else think?
This is strictly in terms of trade value. Not necessarily saying who is more valuable on-the ice. Of course there's a correlation between the 2 but it's not the exact same thing
Bonus question - whose more valuable today (taking contracts/rfa status/elc status into account).
In my opinion at time of draft the most valuable player was:
1. Dahlin. I don't remember the last time (if ever) a defenseman was as hyped as he was. I think his value was through the roof at the draft - and although I typically think a franchise #1C is more valuable than a #1D - i think as a prospect he was the exception.
2. Eichel. I think all the hype surrounding McDavid helped raise his stock a lot - and I think he was more valuable at time of draft than Matthews was
3. Still incredibly hyped prospect and very valuable - but if anything Laine's surge towards end of his draft year probably hurts his value a bit at time of draft. He also didn't have the McDavid hype to help him.
Today I think i'd rank them as:
1. Matthews. He started out his career better than the others (well Dahlin we'll see, still early) and better than anyone could have expected really. Improved every year and great performances this year. The RFA status doesn't scare me as much as it might others.
2. Dahlin. Was tempted to put him at #1 - but I still think Franchise center > Franchise D and Matthews has been dynamite since the start, so no reason to put him behind Dahlin
3. Eichel. He started out slower than Matthews, and there was even all of that talk/drama out of Buffalo about not liking his coach, etc. I think this hurt his value at least somewhat versus the other 2. He's playing insane this year and I think it's certainly close to the other 2 and potential is still there for him to be the best of the 3 - but I think those 2 factors have his value as slightly behind the other 2.
What does everyone else think?
This is strictly in terms of trade value. Not necessarily saying who is more valuable on-the ice. Of course there's a correlation between the 2 but it's not the exact same thing