Value of: Dahlin for Karlsson

[Oilwings]

Ya, that would be BS!

Hopefully the Oilers win it.

With McDavid's cap going up huge, 3 yrs of Dahlin would help immensely. A generational dmen to go with a genereation centre.

 

[hockeyguy1967]

Only player imo worth trading Dahlin for is McJesus, and thats if the team winning 1OA already have suuuuper strong defense (which they dont if they won the lottery). So no, no one is ever trading an 18 YO cost-controlled Dahlin.

What do you mean and thats if they have a suuuuuuper strong defense lol. McDavid is worth 2 Dahlin's.

 

[Jozay]

Karlsson would have to be extended for them to do it.

 

[Deam78]

Draft Dahlin, wait for July 1st to trade for an extended Karlsson, then maybe Chicago considers it.

Nobody is trading NHL's next best defenseman for 1 year of Karlsson.

 

[Deam78]

Lets be honest... 1 top 10 pick in the last 25 years, Detroit deserves it.

Quite the opposite actually haha

 

[Jay haller]

Fact if the Blackhawks won the Lotto. dahlin is going to stayin the KHL until he becomes a UFA

 

[danielpalfredsson]

The Hawks are a bad team to use as an example in the OP, since they are the team that would benefit most from Dahlin's ELC, and they probably could not afford to add Karlsson at 10.5-12.5 million. Dahlin will be locked in at about 4M after bonuses for the next three seasons.

With that said, I think there are some teams where Dahlin for Karlsson would make sense. A big consideration is that if a team has significant cap space now, and thus won't benefit from Dahlin's ELC as much as a cap strapped team like CHI would, in 3 years when the ELC is up, Dahlin won't be all that much cheaper than Karlsson. Look at the Ekblad extension @ 7.5M and consider that the cap might be as high as 90M by the time Dahlin's ELC expires. If Dahlin pans out, he might command 8M-10M on an 8 year deal straight out of his ELC.

There's also no guarantee that Dahlin becomes as good as Karlsson. Being a defenseman and not a forward, it becomes harder to project development perfectly.

It's hard to find a team that would be a good fit. Maybe the Rangers. They certainly have the cap space, and even if they intend to further strip their roster, the addition of Karlsson would give them a legit top 3 player to expedite their rebuild.

The Sabres are another one. Sure, Dahlin would be a great addition with Eichel, but would they really turn down the #1 RD in the game to play with Eichel? They have struggled for the last few years, and adding Karlsson could be a game changing move for them.