Rejoint: avr. 2016
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Thanks for the shout out and nice looking lineup. Something tells me that if Nylander moves to C..then either Marner will play on Matthew' wing or they try and trade or sign an established winger for him on the top line.
My willingness to deal away a 1st rounder is usually viewed thru a risk/reward measure. I think trading this year's away #25 overall as part of a package for a top 4 RHD is a low risk move. Only 63% of 1st round picks taken outside the top 10 ever become established NHLers. The further you move away from #10 the lower the odds that you're going to find a guy that will have any kind of career in the NHL.
If you can land a guy like Parayko, Hamilton, Dumba, any of the Winnipeg RHD, etc. you are gaining a high degree of certainty that one of those guys makes an immediate positive impact (largely due to the trickle down affect referenced).
So if I can take a 1st rounder and package it with a young winger (our position of strength), and/or a prospect that the team doesn't have immediate plans of promoting...I pull that trigger