Quoting: Windjammer
I don't know what 60 point player you're talking about, we're talking about PLD coming from Winnipeg. A 24 YO 1C that world be Montreal's best player by quite a fair margin. How did a trash player like Drouin get into this discussion?
I can understand not wanting to pay a fair price for PLD, but if the Jets need to trade him, they'll do alright and get pieces they need with minimal fluff pieces coming back. All fans dream of getting a great player while giving up nothing of value, it just never happens in reality though. So, while those pieces may have value to you, they are pieces every team has in spades and don't carry much value to anyone else.
We heard the Jets didn't have much leverage when trading Kane and Trouba yet Chevy still won both trades.
The Drouin joke is about how Québécois players become trash once they sign here.
At the same time - I believe that you may undervalue habs prospect because the habs themselves are trash. The flip side, trash team are filled with great prospects.
Additionally, if you look at MTL's trades - the players usually blossom out of Montréal as we are curse like that.
Exhibit A: Lekhonen in COL.
Anyway - It will always depend on the market - I'm 95% convinced there is a better offer somewhere.
However, if teams are convinced OR told that PLD doesn't want to resign with them - the market might cool down. This factor might obviously be BS... but where there is smoke, there is fire.