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Stud and center is something Nashville has not been able to comprehend. There is no reason to move Askarov, any trade would be potential for potential.
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Drury is a really good prospect, I thought... basically NHL-ready? I'm still not looking to trade Askarov for a prospect, but if I was, I don't think Drury would be off the table. The Canes have that shotgun blast draft approach, so they should be able to perhaps add another lesser goalie prospect back in the deal, maybe some other wildcard too.
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Drury is a really good prospect, I thought... basically NHL-ready? I'm still not looking to trade Askarov for a prospect, but if I was, I don't think Drury would be off the table. The Canes have that shotgun blast draft approach, so they should be able to perhaps add another lesser goalie prospect back in the deal, maybe some other wildcard too.
He don't suck but he doesn't get you Askarov.
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He doesn't beat out the Holloway/Bourgault offer above, anyway.
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Gee thanks. He’s a really good prospect for the Canes.
For someone who is constantly trying to snipe at us, one would think you’d actually try to learn more about our players lol
Habs Halifax
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You just got to stop overrating your prospects. Canes fans do this all the time. It's only the Canes fans who does this too which is annoying
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Oh come on, he added a bunch of...stuff...to Robertson, that should surely get it done, no?
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Knies is a better prospect than Robertson, no?
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I was sort’ve wondering what more he’d want. I’m personally not huge on Knies but he’s rated pretty highly on the Leafs board
Edit: Didn’t realize you were also a Preds fan lol
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One key is that we probably just don't want Robertson, at all. He's a skilled little guy, but that's not really a fit for how our team is building. Whereas Knies is scoring nicely and is a much bigger guy.
So something like Knies + 1st + some other goalie prospect might work... if such a time came that I was starting to lose faith in Askarov anyway, and was willing to cash him in for other futures. I don't think it will ever come to that. But I don't think our current team philosophy would accommodate Robertson as a centerpiece of any trade, that's for sure.
Whoa this is deep coming from a Montreal fan . You might not but the majority of your fan base overvalues every single prospect they have.You just got to stop overrating your prospects. Canes fans do this all the time. It's only the Canes fans who does this too which is annoying
Habs Halifax
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It was humor and the point went over your head. All fan bases overrate their own.
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Why are the Panthers trading their best C prospect for a goalie when they already have Knight?
I said someone like Lundell, he's the type of prospect we'd want. Obviously Florida has no reason to do such a trade.
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This assumes Saros signs another contract with Nashville, Either way it is far too early for them to want to move him. He's not NHL ready and probably won't be for a couple years. If they do decide to move him then it will be more along the lines of the Freddy Andersen trade from Anaheim, not the Rask trade from Toronto. Goalies are always so hit or miss due to the long development curve that they often hold their draft pedigree (if drafted highly) for quite a few years
At this time nobody knows if young Russian players will be ever playing in NHL.
We will see if Russian prospects will be drafted in this year draft…
So hold onto Askarov until he’s nhl ready and trade Saros. You hold onto the younger goalie with a higher ceiling. Unless there’s a deal that can’t be turned down I don’t see why we’d trade Askarov.
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This is silly. Couldn't be a more perfect situation for Askarov as there will be no rushing him to the NHL. He can take the appropriate steps at each pro level and then essentially do an apprenticeship under Saros. Figure a 5-6 year trajectory before he's in the NHL at which point Saros will be about 32 years old and it'll be a slow handing of the torch very similar to what Rinne did with Saros. Saros had over 150 starts before he became #1 in Nashville.
The only issue now with the above plan is the war in Ukraine, as this situation might push the Predators to and get his ELC signed in the next few months to get him in the USA before that door closes.
The only issue now with the above plan is the war in Ukraine, as this situation might push the Predators to and get his ELC signed in the next few months to get him in the USA before that door closes.
