Rumor: Sonny Milano available for a respectable draft pick, not expecting a 1st-rounder

[Makar Goes Fast]

he's coming to colorado.
Colorado blue jackets.

 

[XXIV97]

I can't even drop hints at what it would take for me to be content with the Jackets taking on Lucic because it would start an instant, unstoppable, overwhelming flamewar.

Kassian for Milano?

 

[SensFactor]

Meh. 4th Rounder at best.

 

[Viqsi]

Kassian for Milano?

Quit while you're ahead.

 

[Traitor Zach]

Devils might have interest. He was a draft pick while Paul Castron was there overseeing the amateur scouting who is now our scouting director.

 

[XXIV97]

Quit while you're ahead.

Kassian has 11 points in his last 18 games. He is also on the PK and can hit

 

[PAZ]

Honestly i'd do Milano for a 3rd, our scouting blows outside the 1st anyways.

 

[Del Preston]

Quit while you're ahead.

We're never ahead.

 

[Seachd]

We're never ahead.

Plus, I don't think that's necessarily that great of a deal for the Oilers.

 

[Viqsi]

Kassian has 11 points in his last 18 games. He is also on the PK and can hit

Hon? When someone tells you "absolutely not" in reply to an offer, that doesn't mean "push back with more info as though they don't know who you're talking about". The answer will not only remain "no", it'll get even more vehement.

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Plus, I don't think that's necessarily that great of a deal for the Oilers.

Doesn't help us either; Kassian doesn't provide anything we don't already have six or seven of. It's kind of a "futures or bust" situation, as indicated by the tweet in the OP.

 

[eco's bones]

I guess we could bring him home to LI, even though I seem to remember him being a Rangers fan.

Pretty sure he was an Islanders fan.

 

[WilsonNY14]

I could see the rangers grabbing him for a third, just as a dart throw. Although the word concussion scares me...

 

[XXIV97]

Hon? When someone tells you "absolutely not" in reply to an offer, that doesn't mean "push back with more info as though they don't know who you're talking about". The answer will not only remain "no", it'll get even more vehement.

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Doesn't help us either; Kassian doesn't provide anything we don't already have six or seven of. It's kind of a "futures or bust" situation, as indicated by the tweet in the OP.

I saw a possible deal since Columbus is going all in this season. Kassian was good during the Oilers run and has been good this season

 

[Viqsi]

I saw a possible deal since Columbus is going all in this season. Kassian was good during the Oilers run and has been good this season

Read the OP. If you look carefully, you'll notice that tweet says he's available for "a respectable draft pick". Kassian is not a draft pick; he is a player with a cap hit and a skillset we're already overrepresented in. Lucic is not a draft pick; he is a supermassive black hole of anti-value. You are offering the wrong things, and getting pushy when you are told they are the wrong things.

 

[DictatorTots427]

If this is true I hope the Leafs get him. We could use a LW

 

[XXIV97]

Read the OP. If you look carefully, you'll notice that tweet says he's available for "a respectable draft pick". Kassian is not a draft pick; he is a player with a cap hit and a skillset we're already overrepresented in. Lucic is not a draft pick; he is a supermassive black hole of anti-value. You are offering the wrong things, and getting pushy when you are told they are the wrong things.

I'm not getting pushy. I was just giving an explanation.
To add on, the Oilers traded Letestu to Nashville last season, who flipped him for a pick from Columbus.

Columbus could acquire a player than flip him

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

yeah leafs lw depth is ass, i wouldn't be surprised in a years time if he pans out he was our 2nd best lw.

 

[LMFAO]

Milano for Chiasson ?

 

[KevinRedkey]

3rd from a playoff team, or a 4th from a weaker team.

EDM should offer Chiasson or Kassian and see if Columbus likes either of those options. If not, then offer the 4th rounder.

 

[Cellee]

I had a giant crush on her when she was on "Who's the Boss?"

 

[Viqsi]

I'm not getting pushy. I was just giving an explanation.
To add on, the Oilers traded Letestu to Nashville last season, who flipped him for a pick from Columbus.

Columbus could acquire a player than flip him

"Flip him for what you really want" is how you get ripped off, not how you get valuable assets. Because every GM will recognize you've taken on someone you don't need and/or can't use, and they'll throw you garbage rather than that which you need.

 

[XXIV97]

"Flip him for what you really want" is how you get ripped off, not how you get valuable assets. Because every GM will recognize you've taken on someone you don't need and/or can't use, and they'll throw you garbage rather than that which you need.

The point of an individual being a GM is their ability to adjust in certain situation to get a good result for their team.

I do not see a third round pick as a "valuable asset". Third round picks are traded like candy at the Trade Deadline. You are looking at this scenario at a larger scale like trading Panarin. We are talking about f***ing Milano here. He is not a valuable asset.

For example, last season, Nashville wanted a pick for Aberg (prospect like Milano); however, they were unable to find a trade partner. Instead of trading Aberg for low return like a 5th round pick, they traded him to Edmonton in order to flip that player to get a better return.

 

[Crede777]

It's a good thing we didn't give up our mid-1st rounder in 2014. Can't imagine what the state of the franchise would be like 5 years later!

 

[HolyGhost]

No sure why anyone would think his value is high right now. For all my bashing of the oiler guy who they are trying to move, he at least shows some like at the NHL level, Not so much Sonny

 

[ScottyK]

Dallas 3rd, why not Ray ?