You're putting a lot of faith into the click lords, but the logic is dead on.
Except that this reasoning presumes that a trade must happen, or otherwise that Waddell is attempting to force one. There are no indications giving this other than what folks have been speculating based on very limited information.
Words like "want" and "only" have the same number of letters, have only 1 of the same letters, yet I guess can be easily confused.
Except you’re missing the part where once Vancouver told them no to Willander, they were no longer in contention for Jiricek. If Columbus would accept Ohgren+1st, why would they tell Vancouver they were out of the running if they could offer Hoglander+1st or Lekkerimaki+1st? Unless they are targeting a better player from the Wild, which is why they are still in the running for Jiricek, it just doesn’t make sense!
Okay, that’s some good information. Is RD and goaltending the only pieces that would be acceptable?
Do we even have any other RD in the organization worth anything?Maybe Healey. Probably not Masters… I think I mentioned Spacek on the Wild sub forum specifically, but left it open ended here in case someone valued a prospect like Healey over Spacek.
There might be others but they're more likely to be based on whether or not Waddell and/or the scouting staff personally thinks the specific player is a good fit. While that could mean Ohgren+ is not outside of the realm of possibility, it's difficult to get a reliable read on that, and finding consensus here is going to be difficult. (And making any noises of approval in that direction tends to trigger a wave of copycat attempts of Any Old Prospect Winger Plus A 2nd proposals and lots of arguments when the response is "those don't fit".)
But more realistically, Fabbro is playing such that he deserves an extension, and then there's Severson and Gudbranson to consider after that. If Jiricek meets his upside we'd just stuff Gudbranson back into the press box and call it done because said upside is Just That Good, but for depth beyond that the organization is high on Elick and Marrelli is having an absolutely killer D+1 season, so there's not much room for guys who aren't already showing a lot of potential promise. It's possible the scouts here think Spacek would be good enough to get callup minutes regardless but I'm not in a position to figure that one way or the other.
Ha, didn’t even realize Spacek was born in Columbus. I think he has potential. Every major tournament he looked good (WJC, WC). Off to a fast start this year in the AHL (9pts in 17gp) on a dysfunctional Iowa team. I’ve been a huge fan of his for a few years.Also, I don't imagine Spacek would get a shot here anytime soon. We don't give out minutes to guys just because they were born here.
This is one of those proposals where is consists of nothing more than the same regurgitated team scraps being offered for a highly sought after prospect and will be made fun of in retrospect after a deal inevitably gets done
Same here...no idea that he was born in Columbus. I always made the connection between him and Svozil, who were a very good pairing on the Czechia teams, as a reason that he might be a fit in Columbus eventually. He looks to be MN's best RHD prospect right now.
What about KJ makes him wildly more valuable than Rossi? Is it the fact that he’s never had a season like Rossi is having right now or the fact that he can never stay healthy?
Don’t know how playing in a 3rd the amount of games as Rossi qualifies as “a better season”, even if he’s had a nice little stretch. Let’s see him do it over the course of a full season, and then we can revisit this. Not saying he won’t have a ppg-ish season at some point in his career, I like KJ, just pointing out that he hasn’t played at the level that Rossi has played at over a significant stretch, so it’s hard for my to understand the assertion that he’s wildly more value able than Rossi. And that’s all before we have the center vs wing conversation and how that effects your value.
Yeah, just look at Z for proof of that.
