How often to 19 year old 1.5 season guys, no matter how good they are, go for more than the former #1 overall pick D-Man that is arguably top 3 at his position in the league?
There are maybe 3 or 4 players that could become available that will likely be traded for an ‘07 plus picks. Nelson is one of them. Beck is another. Barlow undoubtedly would if OS were to make him available. There are other players but those guys are not as likely to be moved.
McCoy is a good player. I don’t want to come across as disingenuous but I’m not sure they’d get a significant player in that deal. They’d be more likely to get only draft picks in a similar deal to Hache last year. /Most teams in a win now scenario are not paying a premium for a player returning as an OA. They want the full force of that players value to be realized this year. The exception being 18 year olds because they can get a similar return minus about 20-30% when they trade the player the following year (Beck as an example).
Nelson and McCoy aren’t playing in the same ballpark when it comes to trade value. Great player but not in Nelson’s league. McCoy ticks off different boxes but the boxes he ticks off are valued less than the 70+ point D-Man playing from the right side.
If Kitchener were to decide to sell, they’d turn the trade market upside down overnight. I dont’ see it happening but if it did? Wowzers.
