Is this smarter than an offersheet

Lou said he'd match any offer sheet.

If Barzal signs that cheap I doubt they trade him for 4 1sts.

The only player worth 4 1st round pick is McDavid, and maybe MacKinnon

I think it’s safe to include MacKinnon in that as well. Dude is an absolute monster on a fantastic contract, who performs in the playoffs and has the grit, size, skill and tenacity to lead his team to a cup. (Joe Sakic lite hopefully)

Wrooooong.

If the player you get by making such a deal gets you into contention, it means those picks are all 20th or higher, I don't have the exacts numbers but outside of the top 10 and even the top 5 of a draft, the success rate of picking a real impact player drops by a large margin, espacially if the picks becomes late firsts. Not saying it would be the case in this exact scenario with MIN and NYI because some of those picks could still be high even if MIN add Barzal to their roster but overall, chances are it's very unlikely you pick a player like Barzal even with 4 tries.

Not saying a lot of players are worth 4x1st but there's definitely much more player than Mcdavid and Mackinnon to add on that list. Just to add to my point, COL and EDM would laugh big time at you if you came with that offer for either of Mack or Mcdavid, both are worth much much much more than 4 try at somehow get a good player.

I stop reading after all the picks would be top20
Only McDavid and MacKinnon are worth 4 1st round pick.