I dont understand why we should NOT trade Paciorretty ? Im not saying we need to shop him for garbage but most of the proposal including maxpac are with some legit top player coming back. you dont trade maxpac for a 1st overall ? I would gadly have made this trade last year to have Mackinnon....Now i dont know much about Ekblad but if Timmins and his team tell MB he's going to be close to Pronger level , than I hope MB make this trade.
personally , I would rather trade maxpac for Drouin
You don't make senseless trades just because the prospect might end up being amazing. You will never win the cup with this mentality.
We have good pieces in place to contend for the cup in the very close future. Price is clearly entering his prime, PK won a Norris, we have to build around those guys. MaxPac is 25, just finished the year with 39 goals (a 40+ goal pace), he is a big piece of the puzzle. Trading him now for a kid that will make the NHL (we're talking about making the NHL, not having a huge impact) in the next 1-3years, is a big step back.
You do not make a trade if it creates a hole. How do we replace his 39 goal production if we move him for a pick? We want to add more players that can help with the scoring, not deduct.
Drouin could make a lot more sense, but he's another winger that's under 6 feet. So we'd need to figure out how to get bigger elsewhere. Makes it more complicated.
If we're talking about next year, for McDavid. Then okay, I'd probably do it because his upside is insane. So a risk well worth taking. Having him and Galchenyuk here would be amazing.