Does Leo Carlsson hit 60 points this season?

[majormajor]

I don't accept your premise that Michkov was never an option. Is there proof he didn't want Anaheim? Even so, if you adjudge him to be the best player by a margin (maybe so or maybe not, time will tell), why is it such a sure thing that you don't pick him? You can trade him or you can convince him. Doesn't seem like such a bad situation to be in.

To me that's all irrelevant. I expect Carlsson to top out as more valuable than Michkov.

 

[FiveTacos]

I don't accept your premise that Michkov was never an option. Is there proof he didn't want Anaheim?

Not proof, but the fact that he slipped past a bunch of teams that could have used him suggests the rumors of him telling several teams he wasn't interested, probably had some truth to it.

At 4 or 5 I take the chance, but not at 2 or 3 with Carlsson/Fantilli available. If you pass on two 1c prospects for a guy who might not play for you after the historically bad season they had ... IMO that's a fireable offense for the GM to come away empty handed.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

To me that's all irrelevant. I expect Carlsson to top out as more valuable than Michkov.

Precisely. Michkov would have to outscore Carlsson by a significant margin in order to end up more valuable IMO.

 

[Crede777]

To me that's all irrelevant. I expect Carlsson to top out as more valuable than Michkov.

Even if Michkov outscores him, you almost always go with the big center who can play on the 1st line.