question for you and geurzy...has a trade like that ever happened/?
It seems to me that a first round pick of a likley playoff team does not net you a 25-27 yearold top six forward with oodles of contract/protection - i think it's a pipe dream.
you'd be adding relatively significantly to that i would think.
Unless they were toa sk for next years first, that i could see as that's much more of a wildcard.
Red Wings traded their 2012 1st rounder + career minor leaguer for D Kyle Quincey (26), a player that was at the time considered a top 4 D by most with RFA status left.
Flyers traded their 2011 1st rounder + 2011 3rd Rounder for LW Kris Versteeg (24), who had 1 year left on deal + RFA status at the end of the deal.
Predators traded their 2011 1st rounder + Conditional 2nd/3rd Rounder for C Mike Fisher (29), who had 2 years left on deal.
Canadiens traded their 2008 1st rounder + 2009 2nd rounder for LW Alex Tanguay(28) + 2008 5th rounder, who had 1 year left on deal.
These are just the straight 1st rounders for contracted players (not rentals) that I could find quickly. That is not including other type of deals (ie including a Postma + 1st rounder). So it does happen at times.
If the Jets manage to finish 3rd they could end up facing Toronto, NJ, Ottawa or NYR.
Nothing impossible there. Gotta hope they can keep rolling.
What? My post had nothing to do with that...at all.
I disagree. Players sometimes need a change of scenery and Frolik could be a prime example. He has only 2 goals less than our much BELOVED Little while probably not getting near as much PP time and playing with lesser players. Just saying!!!!
As an example, Jiri Tlusty had 11 goals in a 92 game stretch. Is he Garbage? I wouldn't say so. He was a player who benefitted from a change of scenery moving from Toronto to Carolina.
Frolik is still only 25, has decent size and can skate. Buy low on players like that. Take the chance that it works out if you can get him for relatively cheap. No one is going to gift the JETS a proven 20 goal guy for nothing. I'd wager there will be a few teams in on Stafford and JETS won't get him because the price will be too much.
Olesz is what I would consider garbage.
Tlusty was a young guy trying to find his way. And oh yeah 11 is almost double Frolik's numbers, which have been steadily falling each and every season. He has a powder puff shot, plays soft, does not use his size, not great hands.
Change of scenery can spark players...Frolik had that and saw his downward spiral continue. He is no longer an NHLer and will be out of the NHL inside a year or so.