I would agree to your valuation of the Brown-to-Edmonton trade provided Kassian was Ottawa-bound and Edmonton had another small piece, say a 4th, returning to Ottawa. No retention on Brown obviously.

I firmly accept that a fully-retained Connor Brown handily returns a 1st round pick, maybe a tiny little kicker to boot. Petrov is likely valued at around a 2nd round pick (just thinking if we redid that draft today, probably early second round?). I think this combination is asking for far, far too much from the Oilers.

I don't know how eager I am to pull the trigger on such a deal - I think I would - but man do I really like Petrov.

Meh, doesn't have to be Petrov, has to be a good prospect though, maybe around a third in value.

maybe Lavoie?

Petrov is doing just as well as Bourgault right now, he probably should be valued at a late 1st round pick actually. He certainly has as much upside as anyone right now. He's big, fast, has great hands and a great shot - there's literally nothing to dislike about him.

Not sure why Edmonton would do that though. If anything they're looking for big, physical winger who can score, Brown is not that.

If it were to be Lavoie, Edmonton probably still adds. I'd really prefer to send Kassian to the Atlantic in this deal, so if it needed to be a 1st, 2nd, and Lavoie, I'd honestly do it. At that price though I'd expect Ottawa on the hook for 50% of Brown and all of Kassian.



Early second, late first, potayto potahto. But I fully agree, he's been an absolute gem of a find.

If Katz were to somehow revolutionize the hockey management front by having essentially two general managers - one for the NHL and cap stuff and one for drafting and development - I'd happily keep Holland and K.Gretz in that second silo. It's been one of the few things Kenny continues to do right.

Maybe, thanks for the insight into Petrov, I knew he was a good prospect, would Carter Savoie work?

Savoie is matching Caufield's NHLe's in NCAA this year, for the 2nd year in a row.

No.

Okay, for all the stuff that Lavoie gets in this forum he really isn't a bad player and is ranked pretty highly in the NHL top 100 prospects. I was just using this so Leafs fans could stop making ACGM's of them sending Mrazek over for Forsberg and Paul.

Paul is on a good salary, but he's a UFA this summer.

Okay, so, he is a rental, you have to pay for rentals too...
Everyone forgets that on this site.

Yes, but a UFA rental price is a bit lower than one with term. Nobody forgot anything.

He still is a very highly rated player that will do anything for the coach in the game, any team would love to have him. What are you getting at?

I was just noting that he's a UFA, that's all. I'd love to have him, but would not overpay for a rental.

Oh, okay, I think that that is close to fair value given that their probably will be a bidding war, his base value is probably a second and rentention could get you a fourth or maybe alone he could get you a 2nd and 4th if a team ponnied up to get him.