Proposal: Your best player for how many 1st round picks?

[SnoopDogg]

Eichel for like a billion depending on the team

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Without knowing where the 1sts are gonna be, I would want 5 for Mikko Rantanen at minimum.


If they're guaranteed Top 10 I would want 2.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

What is the life expectancy for an NHL GM? There's an event horizon beyond which 1st picks have no value whatsoever. So maybe 6-10 is the most you could even imagine. And I'd not trade those for a superstar player... unless there were other factors (age, cap, offering team being Las Vegas and looking like multiple top-5 picks) in play.

 

[caymanmew]

For Karlsson it would have to be a crazy deal as it world force us into rebuild when we are trending upwards.

Personally i would want enough first rounders to make sure i get top picks. That means i need enough first rounders to outlast the teams time contending and still be getting their first when they are a bottom feeders. I'd say that means i would need 20-30 picks


so i'll go with 25 first rounders for Karlsson

 

[Lapa]

For Suter, I'd accept 5 1st rd picks.

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Pretty huge difference beyween the 1OA and the 31st..

 

[Hockeypete49]

Hmmm we just got 2 and a player for Brayden Schenn at the draft. So for Ivan Provorov you need to do way better than that.

 

[Havre]

How many Canucks players would even return one 1st round?

Horvat, Tanev, Edler and Boeser? I guess the Sedins' in theory from a contender with cap space (not happening).

If you are assuming just a random collection of 1st-rounders then Horvat would take quite a few. 5? Just because if you end up with a bunch of low picks you are ""%"#¤". 2-3 high.

 

[Christ]

All first round picks aren't created equal, so thats going to make this difficult to judge.

In 2010, i'd have given up anything for the Oilers next 5 first rounders, but not much for the hawks (easy to say in retrospect, i guess). Alternatively, I wouldnt give you much for Oilers next 5, while the Canucks/Colorado on the other hand...?

Exactly as I see it. I can't see Edmonton with McDavid or Toronto with Matthews or Buffalo with Eichel being willing to trade their top players for first rounders no matter the quantity as these kinds of players are not always available in the draft. Yes 10 first rounders may produce 10 star quality NHL players but it could also be just a bunch or average players to a bunch of busts.

 

[Hostile Offer]

Exactly as I see it. I can't see Edmonton with McDavid or Toronto with Matthews or Buffalo with Eichel being willing to trade their top players for first rounders no matter the quantity as these kinds of players are not always available in the draft. Yes 10 first rounders may produce 10 star quality NHL players but it could also be just a bunch or average players to a bunch of busts.

Edmonton should know very well a bottom of the barrel team will eventually strike gold with 10 first round picks. Not the path you wanna choose though if you're comfortably on your way out of the bottom tier.

 

[HisNoodliness]

I think for the purpose of b this thread we should assume the firsts are 15 OA. As a Wings fan I wouldn't trade Z under any realistic circumstance simply due to his captaincy, legacy and more importantly cap recapture. He's sort of an unmovable contract at this point. I'd say his value should be about 1 first round pick.

Taking Z out of the equation I'd say Larkin or Mantha would be our best pieces and each should be worth about 2-3 first round picks.

I'd happily trade any of Nyquist Tatar or Green for 1 first as well.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

A single 1st round pick for Zetterberg.

Maybe in the 25 to 31 range doubt we could get any better 1st rounders then that.

 

[COHawk]

5-6 for Kane

Little more than if he were to hypothetically get offer sheeted (I know he was a UFA before his last contract).

 

[TGWL]

Rangers will take 4 for McDonagh. or pay 1 for each year somebody takes Staal at full price...