Value of: The Great Derek Grant

[MMC]

13 goals, 18 points on the season, very good bottom 6 center than can play up and down the lineup. What would you give up to get Grant on your team?

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[WhatTheDuck]

13 goals, 18 points on the season, very good bottom 6 center than can play up and down the lineup. What would you give up to get Grant on your team?

Good faceoff guy, good PKer, brings size and a solid heavy presence down the middle, scoring at a 20+ goal pace on a team that can't score and he makes 700k...there's no way there aren't teams calling.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Grant is the kind of player a team will love to add at deadline... and likely can be had @ a bargin price for what he brings.

and isn't a player that is going to hurt teams that have cap trouble.

 

[66-30-33]

I feel sorry for any team that gets him, he can only get points as a Duck.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

What we thinking ANA fans?
Mid pick? 4th or 5th?

 

[tomd]

Not sure what kind of return Grant would get but I suspect there are many GM's and pro scouts who think he'll have a greater playoff impact than some of the forwards who are rumored to be in the 2nd round pick range (i.e. Kovalchuk, Toffoli, Smith, et al).

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

What we thinking ANA fans?
Mid pick? 4th or 5th?

I’d want a third. But I’m a hard ass.

 

[Schred]

I’d want a third. But I’m a hard ass.

I'd put his value right around a 3rd, maybe even slightly higher. GM's really covet depth at the deadline.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

I'd put his value right around a 3rd, maybe even slightly higher. GM's really covey depth at the deadline.

So you're telling me that in order to retain my hard ass status I need to bump my ask to a 2nd? OK, I want a 2nd.

That was easy.

 

[Schred]

So you're telling me that in order to retain my hard ass status I need to bump my ask to a 2nd? OK, I want a 2nd.

That was easy.

Let the bidding war commence!

 

[Altimus]

He will net a 4th or 5th with another contract coming back. Sure he netted some goals but has no history of keeping up production. I will drink my beer shotgun style if I'm wrong.

 

[VaporTrail]

Buffalo offers Jeff Skinner....seems fairly even

Grant

43

13

5

18

28

0

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Skinner

45

11

8

19

16

-16

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[FameFlame069]

4th 21/3rd 21 playoffs reaching the 2nd round

 

[Karl Eriksson]

I want to say this guy was a senator once? His name is vaguely familiar.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Buffalo offers Jeff Skinner....seems fairly even

Grant

43

13

5

18

28

0

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Skinner

45

11

8

19

16

-16

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Well need a pick for that cap dump

 

[WhatTheDuck]

TSN mentioned that Grant could be the most coveted center left on the trade market. After being held out of the lineup last night it seems very probable he's going to be moved today.

Which teams are likely most interested?

 

[Opak]

TSN mentioned that Grant could be the most coveted center left on the trade market. After being held out of the lineup last night it seems very probable he's going to be moved today.

Which teams are likely most interested?

Carolina just lost a bunch of depth and is loaded with draft picks. Only $600k cap space.

 

[Arthuros]

For what it's worth, Grant's play passes the eye test, and he works for his points. On most nights, his line is the only one that has any energy.

I can't say whether or not he can replicate his production elsewhere, but at the very least Grant is one of the bright spots on our team this year, and I very much doubt he would disappoint. He's not going to be your replacement 1C, but as a bottom-6 energy-generating centre, he won't disappoint.