Value of: May I ask what would be the ask for Askarov?

[Kshahdoo]

@nine_inch_fang @EXTRAS @triggrman @AintLifeGrand

He’s asking kindly, just tell him the price.

Price. But not in his current state.

 

[dirtydanglez]

He was available at the draft for a top 4, franchise changing pick.
Doesn't mean we are shopping him now.
But if we are shopping him the price would be a young(23 or less) 1C which is what Trotz was trying to trade him for at the draft.

he was rumored to be shopped in a package for a top 5 pick. hes not untouchable. trotz has different ideas than the previous front office.

 

[BB88]

They won’t trade him now but they really need to make a decision next summer.

Or they’ll end up ruining either Saros or Askarovs value

 

[leeroggy]

Just Askaround

I’m just asking.

 

[herzausstein]

Was available at the draft (along with some 1st) while there was a "dynamic center prospect" on the board. Gives you an idea of the target. Basically, unless we can get that either 1 for 1 or even Nashville needing to add then the answer is likely just "no".

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[DFAC]

If you gotta ask, you can't afford it

 

[Unbiased Fan]

Cole Sillinger for Askarov

 

[Moose Head]

Recall a rumour that the Preds offered him and the 15th overall for the 5th overall. Not sure if the rumour had legs though and just speculation based on the Preds trying to get into the top 5.

 

[herzausstein]

Recall a rumour that the Preds offered him and their 1st for the 5th overall. Not sure if the rumour had legs though.

Trotz has addressed it. It was true and it was in an attempt to get what he described as a "dynamic center". Trotz realizes you have to give to get.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Well, apparently the price three months ago was to move up to a Top 5 pick from 15.

... But the Top 5 this draft was essentially viewed as a Top 3 or Top 2 in most drafts soooo, who knows?

 

[Coffee]

If you gotta ask, you can't afford it

Wow, the veteran not sugar coating anything for the OP

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Recall a rumour that the Preds offered him and the 15th overall for the 5th overall. Not sure if the rumour had legs though and just speculation based on the Preds trying to get into the top 5.

I'm not low on Reinbacher, but if that specific trade rumor is true, holy f*** are the Habs dumb. There was plenty of good talent left at #15 with a non-Askarov like gap between them and Reinbacher.

I kinda question the validity though, considering Trotz specifically said they wanted a center. Bedard/Carlsson/Fantilli/Smith were all gone by then. Unless it was contingent that one of them was still there.

 

[HabzSauce]

he was allegedly available at the draft so he's not untouchable.

If I remember correctly the rumor was nashville offering Askarov and pick #15 for MTL #5th overall.

 

[StewieP19]

All depend which team want to acquire him.
By example if team is San Jose it start with 2024 1st round pick unprotected
if team is Tampa Bay it start with Sergachev

 

[Stony Curtis]

Askronomical.

 

[Armourboy]

Basically he would only be available for a package that included a young #1 center, or the same level Dman ( second part is more my opinion than fact ). Truth is no one will give it up so might as well just say he isn't really available atm.

 

[herzausstein]

I'm not low on Reinbacher, but if that specific trade rumor is true, holy f*** are the Habs dumb. There was plenty of good talent left at #15 with a non-Askarov like gap between them and Reinbacher.

I kinda question the validity though, considering Trotz specifically said they wanted a center. Bedard/Carlsson/Fantilli/Smith were all gone by then. Unless it was contingent that one of them was still there.

From trotz's comment of looking at getting a dynamic center, once smith was picked at 4th overall there was no chance of the trade being completed anyways.

 

[Diaspora]

would help to know what team OP's proposal is specifically referencing

IMO it would take a prospect or young player under 25 with term and potential #1 center upside

So like :
Shane Wright
Shane Pinto+ Prospect or another roster player
Nate Danielson
Jiri Kulich
Anton Wahlberg
Matt Savoie
Peyton Krebs
Quinton Byfield

If I thought Peyton Krebs would net Askarov one-for-one, I'd do it. And I really like Krebs.

 

[TGWL]

Somebody tried a little too hard on the ask...

 

[Buck Naked]

would help to know what team OP's proposal is specifically referencing

IMO it would take a prospect or young player under 25 with term and potential #1 center upside

So like :
Shane Wright
Shane Pinto+ Prospect or another roster player
Nate Danielson
Jiri Kulich
Anton Wahlberg
Matt Savoie
Peyton Krebs
Quinton Byfield

Buffalo sitting on potential #1 centers like they're Oprah!

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

would help to know what team OP's proposal is specifically referencing

IMO it would take a prospect or young player under 25 with term and potential #1 center upside

So like :
Shane Wright
Shane Pinto+ Prospect or another roster player
Nate Danielson
Jiri Kulich
Anton Wahlberg
Matt Savoie
Peyton Krebs
Quinton Byfield

I don't think anybody on this list is in the range of what the Preds are looking for. Those are some good players, but if they pan out they are most likely to be just "more of the same" of what the Preds have now and have historically always had... somewhat "sub-par" band-aids for the #1C spot... as opposed to the "true #1C" that Trotz is looking for. Several of those players will become wingers. It would take a MORE significant prospect/pick than these guys. Which again comes back around to saying that effectively "Askarov is not available". Because nobody should pay that much for him.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Preds price today is not likely to be much different in 1 or 2 years time. They will hold his trade value today in terms of him projecting into a solid #1.

Personally, I'm not a fan of overpaying for young goalies who have not played full NHL seasons. Even if they have future potential like Askarov.

 

[dirtydanglez]

If I remember correctly the rumor was nashville offering Askarov and pick #15 for MTL #5th overall.

i think nashville included an additional 1st but im not sure

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

i think nashville included an additional 1st but im not sure

Nobody knows any of the particulars, so how could you be "sure"? All we have is what some fans wanted and what some other fans would have been willing to give up, so that doesn't say anything at all. I suspect Trotz didn't even get close enough to haggle over such details. No team in this year's draft was even remotely interested in moving their pick, so it was all moot. Trotz was shut down on the basic premise, there was no opportunity for him to get to additional details like that.

 

[Viqsi]

Cole Sillinger for Askarov

Not sufficient for the Preds.

Speaking as a Jackets and Preds fan, let me put it this way - the Jackets were one of the teams that could have hypothetically picked up Askarov when he was potentially available, and might normally have been highly motivated to do so given the goaltending situation (what with Elvis falling apart and Tarasov being frequently injured), but it wasn't going to happen because up here we're entirely too attached to the idea of having Adam Fantilli in union blue. Trotz wanted the sun and the moon and the (future) stars.