Value of: Best Center MN Can Get With a 2nd Round Pick

[CanadianHawks]

For a second the Hawks will take Rask as a cap dump along with sending Strome

 

[BuiumSaveUs]

Nope Copp is getting a 1st.

he’s a wing too

 

[BuiumSaveUs]

Go big for JT Miller

Based on what Canucks fans are talking about as the acquisition cost from The Wild on their boards, I’d rather not

 

[AKL]

he’s a wing too

Half the guys we talk about acquiring are wings.

 

[ThatGuy22]

he’s a wing too

Hartman was a 4th line wing until he was surrounded with two very good wings while he was in the middle.

 

[BBKers]

Ryan Strome. If you add a prospect

 

[BuiumSaveUs]

Hartman was a 4th line wing until he was surrounded with two very good wings while he was in the middle.

True

 

[BuiumSaveUs]

Half the guys we talk about acquiring are wings.

We talk about wings that have a history of success while playing center though.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Ryan Strome. If you add a prospect

A legit prospect and a 2nd for Strome or a 'maybe but kinda doubtful' prospect and a 2nd for Strome? Isn't going to be the former.

 

[57special]

For a second the Hawks will take Rask as a cap dump along with sending Strome

Strome must be really bad.

 

[57special]

I don't think that any player available to MN for a 2nd is going to be much of an upgrade over Sturm, Gaudreau, and Dewar. All are fast, and defensively responsible. Gaudreau has been disappointing offensively, you can do a lot worse than those three.

I keep getting Marcus Johansson flashbacks.

 

[bernmeister]

Here is a list of names I would be good with from teams that may be sellers and guys that may be on the move:

Stastny
Zacha
McCann
Strome (either one, though I'm not sure Ryan is available)
Suter (this is really pushing the limit and I'm not sure he would be viable as he has another year)
Copp

Obviously it's a short list. Some people might think those guys are worth more than a 2nd, but most of those should be able to be had for a 2nd+something lesser than a 2nd at most, given the bandwidth taken up by guys like Hertl, Miller, Giroux, Pavelski, etc if they end up on the block.

Some of these have been brought up already in this thread, and you'll notice I didn't list them in the guys I didn't like for a 2nd. The point is we want to use a 2nd to upgrade Gaudreau, so bringing up guys like Blake Lizotte, Chris Tierney, Johan Larsson doesn't really do anything because none of those are offensive upgrades on Gaudreau.

Ryan Strome SHOULD be available b'c NY cannot extend him at any price. Howev, I don't put it past Drury to be stupid and self rent then let him walk a la Tavares, wasting opportunity for 2nd + or late 1st

 

[bernmeister]

Strome must be really bad.

His bro is the better one

 

[bernmeister]

A legit prospect and a 2nd for Strome or a 'maybe but kinda doubtful' prospect and a 2nd for Strome? Isn't going to be the former.

very simple
A 3rd this yr NY does not have and a future 2023 2nd, full pop. Pay a little more if we retain. Fair?

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Tierney but you’ll have to add 20 cases of vitamin water

 

[DeagleJenkins]

Tierney but you’ll have to add 20 cases of vitamin water

that is a tough pill to swallow. vitamin water is not cheap!

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Tierney but you’ll have to add 20 cases of vitamin water

Lemonade flavor only, not that crappy assorted case.

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

that is a tough pill to swallow. vitamin water is not cheap!

And it has to be Refresh Mango, the hardest one to find

 

[rynryn]

And it has to be Refresh Mango, the hardest one to find

 

[Dickie Dunn]

very simple
A 3rd this yr NY does not have and a future 2023 2nd, full pop. Pay a little more if we retain. Fair?

Wow.....the server supporting this site really needs some new hamsters.

Yeah, I for sure think this is fair. And I would probably do it but I bet there are Wild fans who wouldn't. I still haven't decided if this Wild team is really that good or just a really fun team to watch that happens to be riding a nice wave. But I think I would do it.

 

[samsagat]

Nope Copp is getting a 1st.

Easily

 

[samsagat]

Drouin has another year on his contract so it would require retention. I don't think Drouin is the style of player that would succeed in the Wild system. They strike me as valuing "being hard to play against" and that isn't really Drouin's style.

Drouin's been constantly good in the playoffs since his debut in the NHL.

He might be a good low cost bet for an astute GM.

 

[Esq]

Nick Schmaltz for a 5th

Has he fallen off that much? Or is it his contract?

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Ducks can give you Grantzlaf or Steel

 

[samsagat]

You can get Hertl for a second... plus a first, and a conditional first upon him resigning

Re-signing conditions on trades aren't allowed anymore since the new CBA.