Quoting: gmgb
I disagree. Askarov was an 11OA pick, who's stock has climbed since he was drafted. NJ's 1st is currently 16OA. Even if this were an off-season trade after the lottery and NJ was offering a 2024 11OA, it's still a step back for NSH. The four years of developing Askarov would be a loss, as NSH would have to wait even longer for whoever they take with NJ's 1st to be NHL ready.
Has it climbed?
I don’t think he’d go top 11 in a redraft.
Stutzle, Mercer, Laffy, Jarvis, Raymond, Lundell, Byfield, JJ Peterka, Perfetti, Sanderson, Jack Quinn, Drysdale, Rossi, Faber, Guhle, Nikishin.
You could throw in arguments of Holtz, Chinakov, Zary, Neighbours, Schneider, Mukh, etc
Even from that draft class Nico Daws and Levi have been playing at the NHL level