Maybe you should go back an read all the comments. But listen at the end of the day. I don't care what SJ fans say or want. Isles are going to do the best for the isles. Not take a fair price for the #1 overall. So all this crap is moot.
fine, I agree, everyone has their limits. That won't do it for the isles. It's a moot point, isles are going to take scheafer and take their 2 2026 1st rounders and get more young forwards...
Go ahead and quote them. I'm one who doesn't want to trade up unless it's a sweatheart deal, i.e. nothing the Islanders will go for. I haven't seen anyone saying the Isles should or would take such a deal.
You can say that all you want but the sample size on Schaefer is very small and like it or not that creates a lot of risk.
its supposed to be the weakest from 2023 to 2026... Not sure how it ranks compared to 2022, where only 2 players really made a decent impression so far (though plenty didnt have a chance to prove anything yet)
Comments are all about how Sharks fans are cool with either player. Some fans even prefer Misa to Schaefer due to the odds of getting a 1c vs 1d later in drafts. No one says they don't want Schaefer. They'd be fine with him if he fell to #2 but don't want to see the Sharks give up assets to move up 1 pick for him. Ultimately this entire 1/2 trade premise was moot in the last thread about it.
He could, but that would be stupid. If the options are picking Misa at #1 or picking him a #2 and getting a late 1st rounder in exchange for moving down a slot, any GM who wants to stay employed would chose the latter.
Really not stupid. It’s more about getting maximum return when it comes to the trade. A mediocre return of a late 1st and small add on isn’t really that much in the end, especially from a team who’s stocked up. That doesn’t blow anyone away who has the #1 pick. It’s no different then offering a late 1st, c tier prospect and a cap dump roster player for a top 6 younger forward and the team with the forward knowing you’re lowballing them and waiting for a better offer.
Let me understand, you think it is important to maximize return, but don’t think it would be stupid to take Misa 1OA versus Misa (2OA) + late 1st. One of us is not understanding something, and I don’t think it me.
The late 1st isn’t enough of an incentive to move down is what I’m saying. I’m personally not impressed with getting a borderline 2nd round pick as a thank you for not taking the guy we want.
I’m not interested in taking something just to take something. If that’s the case, im sending Pierre Engvall with that 1st to move the contract off the books.
This is why ego has no place in any front office. Passing up a free first rounder for no reason is wild to me.
So trading down to give another team the player they value higher just to get something as a thank you? Reverse the teams, are you taking a late 1st/borderline 2nd to swap picks? I highly doubt that. You want to give the Isles incentive to make the swap? Offer up the ability to swap 2026 1sts with the trade.
