Quoting: coga16
5 years of Kane or 10 years of Jost, Kaut, Timmins, and Top picks...its a no brainier.
ITs a bad trade to give up taht much youth for Kane. Sorry but its a homerish trade return especially from an up and ocming division rival Avs
I truly don't think it's that egregious of a trade. What if the Avs win 3 cups over the next 5 years? Also, 10 years? If those prospects are as good as you think they'll become, you'll need to pay them much sooner and I'm not sure Avs have the cap space if Rantanen gets paid and they want to keep everyone else around. Hawks should be a warning to teams who dish out long, expensive contracts.
My view is Jost is the elite prospect but only has 10 points in 26 games this year. Nick Schmaltz had 11 points in 23 games and we gave up on him even after he had 52 points last year (not saying that was the right move at all just making a point). Jost only had 22. If he only gets 30 points this year people are going to be whispering the b word. Then Kaut is a good prospect but it's not like he's elite. And Timmins hasn't played all year due to head injuries. They even sent him home after rehab setbacks to try to get his morale up. That's a MAJOR red flag. You guys get the elite 80 point scorer. We are the ones taking risks on prospects who may never pan out. The OTT 1st is an insurance policy. The late 1st isn't special, but needed since it's the best you've got and we're eating a lot of salary to a division rival for 5 years.
That's just how I see everything. I think both sides of this trade have strong value, I also thought the Avs would want to milk all the opportunity they have this year with Rantanen on his ELC and the next few years while Landeskog and MacKinnon are on cheap contracts. There's even enough money to bring back Duchene next year (if you'd want to) and put him next to Kane, and you still have a lot of young talent like Makar, Sampo Ranta, Shane Bowers, AJ Greer, Kamanev, Ty Lewis and Nic Meloche. What if we switched Kaut with Ranta, Bowers or Lewis?
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