CaptainMorganBarron

What was the Renney situation? lack of accountability? in a year or 2 there might not be any great coaches available like Laviolette.

yeah, I think there is a decent chance we trade down to 2 to get Byfield. Byfield might be the better of the 2 in the long run. Byfield is about 10 months younger than Lafreniere and has put up almost 2 points per game in a tougher OHL league also has more size and being a centers is more desirable. So if LA offers 2nd overall + Akil Thomas + Kupari(or some other good prospect) + 2nd rounder for 1st overall + Lias Andersson it would be hard to resist.

how much would it cost to sign dusty buff ugly?

can he stickhandle inside a phone booth?

I don't think I would be able to resist 3rd+5th+Tkachuk. I think we have to add to it. "Best thing is just take LAF, hope he is a superstar that makes everyone better" But if you trade him it is for 3 potential superstars. It is a lot harder for another team to stop multiple threats rather than just shut down one big line.

lol exactly, you go sell on Ebay somebody pay you $30 bucks foer some crap you get greedy, cancel the sale, end up with your crap because nobody else will pay more than $10 for it. people and their greed.

Draft pick compensation from Florida?

Those Predators teams had no elite offensive forwards besides Forseberg.

because this might be the only time to get that type of return for him, his value drops afterwards unless he produces a ton in NHL

Why would I not want Laf, I am just playing the Devil's advocate:

How do you know how the wacky Rangers scouts view things? They might like Stutzle or Byfield the same or more.

you talking about yourself.

stacked Predators team? they finished with only 94 points that season that tied them for 15th best in NHL. https://www.nhl.com/standings/2016/league in 2010 he took 18th best team into the finals. https://www.nhl.com/standings/2009/league

It is not risky if a team picking first likes the players available at 2 and 3 the same or more than the guy labeled as #1.

They would be brain dead not to consider proposals. Obviously if LA or Ottawa are crazy enough to overpay by a lot they could trade the pick. Do I think it will happen? probably not, but I still want to talk about it without the ATDP spamming their copy and pasted anthems.

more like the anti trade discussion police or the ATDP

says who?

Ok how does this look without Kravtsov and Turcotte Lafreniere Lias For Byfield/Stutzle Thomas Kupari 2nd rounder

that is the risk we are willing to take :)

So the trade would be: Lafreniere for Byfield/Stutzle + Akil Thomas + 2nd rounder(or 2 2nd rounders), plus Lias for Kupari, plus Kravtsov for Turcotte

If LA or Ottawa wants Lafreniere really bad then I think we should probably work out a deal with them to benefit us. Make them overpay. get great return. Package Lias along to get an additional and a much better prospect back. Also we can include (Kravtsov who probably hates Quinn's guts for not playing him after he came over missing his sister's wedding) for some better prospect like Turcotte.

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depends on how much better is Lafreniere compared to Stutzle

I have a feeling the right thing to do is make a trade with the Kings. Stutzle is supposed to be an excellent dynamic player that can play Center and Wing, we can probably grab also a 2nd rounder and a top prospect

I am open to possible trades involving Lias, Trouba, Strome, Gauthier and DiGiuseppe.