If he was actually traded? I would expect something like Cozens+Kulich+1st as mentioned earlier in this thread and I would allow the team trading for him to negotiate an extension prior to the trade.I think you overrate Kaprizovs value. What do you expect as an offer? Would you trade Buium for Josh Morrissey?
I wouldn’t target Morrissey because we don’t need LD. I would for sure trade Buium for a Kaprizov level player at a position of need.
What I think is that Kaprizov will re-sign with Minnesota, so this conversation is fun but probably not based in reality.Lol if you think a team will break the bank while not knowing if Kaprisov would resign with them, huge difference in value between short term deal that land him in ufa vs long term deal/Rfa years
Right, but the teams you mention (Toronto/Colorado) don’t have the pieces to make a trade for Kaprizov. Their prospects would not be close to getting a deal done.My point was just that one teams top prospect can easily be another teams 4th best prospect.
Toronto or Colorado's best prospect might be seen as being equivalent to Hage, who is likely Montreal's 4th or 5th best prospect.
But you're right that Kaprizov would pull a nice return.... though until his contract status is clear, teams in locations that have problems re-signing their players might want to avoid getting hosed in a trade when the guy doesn't then want to stick around (look at Ottawa with Debrincat and Chychrun, for example).