Proposal: Tage Thompson for Dylan Larkin

[Just Linda]

1 on 1. Who wins the trade?

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[Uberpecker]

For the sake of my sanity, please quit the bad proposals featuring Buffalo.
It's been over thirteen years of this.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Face value I take the #1C every time, but Tage is a unicorn, which makes it a little more complicated.

 

[Fjordsen]

 

[cbjthrowaway]

rearranging the deck chairs on two titanics!

 

[Trash Panda]

This would be the most buffalo trade ever.

 

[Just Linda]

For the chaos.

Consistency vs ceiling

 

[izlez]

One of these players was good enough to make the Team USA roster, so the answer is clear.

But really, there were enough bad Buffalo and Larkin trade threads already

 

[Viqsi]

Nobody wins, everything is terrible, and this thread was a horrible idea for which you should feel shame.

 

[SirloinUB]

Why does either team do this?

 

[Recipe Unlimited]

rearranging the deck chairs on two titanics!

Wouldn't this be the opposite of that analogy since both are very strong players and would be a major change to each team?

 

[cbjthrowaway]

Wouldn't this be the opposite of that analogy since both are very strong players and would be a major change to each team?

no because both ships will continue sinking either way.

star player out and star player in. no real change. they both still have major issues starting at the top.

 

[gritdash60]

Thumpsen is a better goal scorer but can't run a line like Lerkyn. Swapping 1B centers makes no sense for neither.

 

[The Red Helmet]

This proposal makes me wonder what people would say if HF was around in 1992 and someone proposed Turgeon for Lafontaine.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Wouldn't this be the opposite of that analogy since both are very strong players and would be a major change to each team?

Both franchises are sinking in the standings regardless of which of Thompson/Larkin they have plugged into the lineup.

 

[dirtydanglez]

id rather thompson.

 

[MoneyManny]

Tage Thompson for Jack Eichel straight up.

 

[StrompTroller]

Thumpsen is a better goal scorer but can't run a line like Lerkyn. Swapping 1B centers makes no sense for neither.

I will forever call him Jesus Lerkyn of Nazareth from now on and I thank you for this odd opportunity/honor.

 

[Coffee]

I went with Buffalo winning. I personally rank Larkin very high. But honestly hard to judge Tage on Buffalo.

Super close, it's a good poll.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

So let’s say you have both on your fantasy team. Would you want them traded one for one or better to have them both stay put?

 

[GhostfaceWu]

Larkins much more consistent you know what you get from him season to season.

 

[Coffee]

Have to eat crow here, I picked Tage

 

[TT1]

Have to eat crow here, I picked Tage

ya 1 goal, that's all it takes huh

 

[StlBigFly]

I’m kinda speechless at the talent evaluation that this thread has produced.

Tage is amazing but his style of play is very far from what the nhl wants. This imo leads to his extremely sporadic deployment and heavily restricts winger options. Tage is flawed relative to the modern nhl expectation and roles. I’m not saying he’s bad, just that his limitations relative to Larkin make Larkin substantially more valuable.

Larkin is an above average guy, doesn’t have the top end that Tage’s shot, assertiveness, and drive provides, but he plays much closer to the game the nhl wants. Much more complete player. Can run possession, finish, net front, kill penalties, can center his line as a shutdown or counterattack. Can use him in various typical roles and he does well. Really not restricted with him unless the opponents happen to have something freakish like McDavid and then he needs help like most anybody else.

I highly doubt that there is a single gm who would say 1 Larkin is worth 2 tages. He’s worth more than 2 tages. If I were Detroit and asked to trade my complete and healthy 28 year old top line center away and you aren’t giving me that back then I’m going to need a lot. I’m going to demand multiple players and futures. If your guy only plays 16-18 min, primarily used as an offensive force, unable to be used in tight moments due to turnovers….im not giving you my 20 minute a night rock solid guy.

Perhaps by the end of his career will see Tage evolve. I’m not stopping him from becoming a dominant force. He has unique tools and the confidence to use them and he’s young enough that there is time to develop further, to grow stronger.

Larkin is a guy who will be a first line center in all conditions for 10+ years, a guy who will substantially define multiple decades for a team, on the ice for nearly every major defensive and offensive moment the team will have. He’s under appreciated due to the generation defining talent that came up with him in McDavid, Matthews, Eichel, and MacKinnon.

Thompson is a guy, in his 26 and 27 year old seasons - who needs 22 and 23 year olds to start in the defensive end so he can get the offensive zone starts while they’re in trade rumors. It must be the other way around. Tage should set the table for his group. Daddy long legs needs to facilitate. He’s like they stretched out Matt Duchene then that guy had a baby with Mike Hoffman. He’s fine but it’s disrespectful to Larkin to consider them similar imo.

 

[cvaicunas]

Both franchises are sinking in the standings regardless of which of Thompson/Larkin they have plugged into the lineup.

Delete; hadn't seen the date of your post.