Draft Day Deals — Let's Hear 'Em

[jsm7302]

Eichel and #8 Draft Pick for Trouba, #1 Draft Pick

 

I say yes.

[BrooksBurner]

:puke:

[TwoMinutesForNothing]

I keep the pick. There's no trade I'd make. I want the 18 year old star on the entry level deal and the feeling of drafting a number one overall pick after a miracle lottery win. I wouldn't trade it for anything. We finally get to draft our own superstar so I'm definitely not trading it away to have to look at Jack Eichel's hideous face for 80+ games a year.

[Drew a Penalty]

Nope from me. The benefit of getting a player like Lafreniere is that he's a cost-controlled asset who should be able to produce well. You need those to win championships. Eichel is just another expensive center to heap on top of Zibanejad who's in need of a deal in two seasons. I'm also just not sure why Buffalo would do this. Eichel is the franchise. Unless he asks to leave, why move him? Lafreniere brings them back to step one but at a weaker position.

[Gravesy]

I’d start with exploring what a package of AdA + Carolinas pick might bring back. A very good, youngish C is what they should be looking for.

[RangersIn7]

Cannot trade the number 1 pick. Nor should they take anyone but LaFreniere.

 

Put together a package of ADA, Georgiev, and that second 1st rounder for a C that can slot in behind Zibanejad.

[Pete]

Kreider

CAR 1st

 

Ryan Johansen

NSH 1st

 

We move up and get our 2nd line center while alleviating logjam on wing.

[Keirik]

Our other 1st + Kravtsov to Tampa for Point since they can’t afford to keep everyone and no one wants most of their other contracts.

[Dunny]

Kreider

CAR 1st

 

Ryan Johansen

NSH 1st

 

We move up and get our 2nd line center while alleviating logjam on wing.

 

This is painful, and a bit of a gamble on Johansen, but it's logical.

[Phil]

A bit? He makes $8 million for the next five years for a "2nd line center" who scores less than Ryan Strome. Sorry, but hard pass. I'd sooner re-sign Strome short-term if that is the kind of long-term solution they're after. Least of all for Kreider.

[josh]

This is painful, and a bit of a gamble on Johansen, but it's logical.

 

JD traded away Johansen when his stock was much higher.

[LindG1000]

Our other 1st + Kravtsov to Tampa for Point since they can’t afford to keep everyone and no one wants most of their other contracts.

 

Not sure this gets us Point, but this is absolutely the core of a deal for either Point or Cirelli.

[Dunny]

JD traded away Johansen when his stock was much higher.

 

That's a good point.

 

There's virtually zero established 2C candidates anywhere.

[Phil]

If they want Cirelli, they should offer sheet him. Tampa is fucked cap-wise. Josh posted the cash range that would require a first- and third-rounder, I believe, or a first-, second-, and third-rounder. It's far more likely this route would be infinitely cheaper than a trade.

[Phil]

That's a good point.

 

There's virtually zero established 2C candidates anywhere.

 

Well, that depends entirely on your definition of a 2C and, more importantly, what you expect of them points-wise. They all offer something different, but off the top of my head, William Nylander (24), Cirelli (23), RNH (26), and others can likely be had for various prices. There are likely others in that tweener stage between 2–3C that we're not thinking of, too.

[Keirik]

If they want Cirelli, they should offer sheet him. Tampa is fucked cap-wise. Josh posted the cash range that would require a first- and third-rounder, I believe, or a first-, second-, and third-rounder. It's far more likely this route would be infinitely cheaper than a trade.

 

I have a feeling though offer sheeting Cirelli would only cause them to trade away someone else and leave us with no one. I almost feel like if you approached them prior and put up the offer of Kravtsov and the 1st for Point you can see where they stand for either guy technically. Point is worth more than that for sure, but cap wise they are just a mess and so many of their contracts are untouchable. I have a feeling they would prefer Miller though since they have only 3 d under contract.

[Drew a Penalty]

If they want Cirelli, they should offer sheet him. Tampa is fucked cap-wise. Josh posted the cash range that would require a first- and third-rounder, I believe, or a first-, second-, and third-rounder. It's far more likely this route would be infinitely cheaper than a trade.

 

Offer sheet? No thank you. I'm not opening up that pandora's box. "Hey who wants to offer sheet Fox, Shesterkin, Kakko, or Lafreniere in a few years?" No thanks.

[Drew a Penalty]

Well, that depends entirely on your definition of a 2C and, more importantly, what you expect of them points-wise. They all offer something different, but off the top of my head, William Nylander (24), Cirelli (23), RNH (26), and others can likely be had for various prices. There are likely others in that tweener stage between 2–3C that we're not thinking of, too.

 

RNH would make sense but he only has one year until UFA. I'm not sure how you'd make it happen and then pay him. Dude can cash in big next offseason as the top UFA C.

[Keirik]

Offer sheet? No thank you. I'm not opening up that pandora's box. "Hey who wants to offer sheet Fox, Shesterkin, Kakko, or Lafreniere in a few years?" No thanks.

 

Great point although I didn’t really publicly hear much backlash at Montreal for offering Aho.

[Phil]

I have a feeling though offer sheeting Cirelli would only cause them to trade away someone else and leave us with no one. I almost feel like if you approached them prior and put up the offer of Kravtsov and the 1st for Point you can see where they stand for either guy technically. Point is worth more than that for sure, but cap wise they are just a mess and so many of their contracts are untouchable. I have a feeling they would prefer Miller though since they have only 3 d under contract.

 

Because teams are just going to line up and help them out with a flat cap to deal with of their own? Who's taking Killorn or Palat or whomever to help them clear cap for nothing?

 

Offer sheet? No thank you. I'm not opening up that pandora's box. "Hey who wants to offer sheet Fox, Shesterkin, Kakko, or Lafreniere in a few years?" No thanks.

 

Great point although I didn’t really publicly hear much backlash at Montreal for offering Aho.

 

Exactly. This is a "fear" that isn't actually founded in reality. What team has faced backlash for an offer sheet? Preds poach someone from the Flyers for Weber? Nope. Canes fire back at the Habs for Aho? Nope.

 

RNH would make sense but he only has one year until UFA. I'm not sure how you'd make it happen and then pay him. Dude can cash in big next offseason as the top UFA C.

 

Probably can't. And that's probably a key factor. He's on the tail end of that window they're likely looking for (23-26).

[Drew a Penalty]

Great point although I didn’t really publicly hear much backlash at Montreal for offering Aho.

 

True. I just don't trust the idea of it. Plus beating up on the Canadiens is just unfortunate. They're already stupid and miserable.

[Drew a Penalty]

Exactly. This is a "fear" that isn't actually founded in reality. What team has faced backlash for an offer sheet? Preds poach someone from the Flyers for Weber? Nope. Canes fire back at the Habs for Aho? Nope.

 

Maybe it's safer to do against BriseBois. I would never have done it against Yzerman.

[Flynn]

GM's need to quit being such pussies about the RFA market..

 

GM's had every opportunity in the world to get a guy locked up before he it the market for as a RFA, they should take the medicine for not getting the contract locked down.. The current reticence to pursue RFA's (Montreal being an outlier {Their offer was shit by the way, thay made it way too east to match}) is borderline collusion.

[josh]

If they want Cirelli, they should offer sheet him. Tampa is fucked cap-wise. Josh posted the cash range that would require a first- and third-rounder, I believe, or a first-, second-, and third-rounder. It's far more likely this route would be infinitely cheaper than a trade.

 

do we really want to be opening up potential Offer Sheet issues with this many RFA coming through the system?

[Phil]

do we really want to be opening up potential Offer Sheet issues with this many RFA coming through the system?

 

What issues? This is an unfounded fear. There's no evidence that teams that submit offer sheets to other clubs' RFAs face a backlash for it. Zero. Brian Burke threatening to beat the shit out of Kevin Lowe in a rented Alberta barn in 2007 is not evidence.