I think he's better than Cozens presently, defensively, but Cozens has more upside in that regard. While neither of them is ROR, I feel the two of them together can situationally handle matchups pretty well. Especially if our 4th line can also hold up well defensively.
What do you think a fair price would be, that would tempt Washington? A Rosen or Ostlund ain't gonna cut.
Any thoughts on trade bait?
I'd be interested in both him and Dowd in a larger deal too.
I'm looking at it from Washington's point of view.
They just made the playoffs. Backstrom may be done done. You take Strome off this team, they simply don't have another 50pt+ center. Strome is signed for 4 more years at 5M per.
The only thing that really makes sense is that they are buying from us and Strome is a big piece of the deal. Like Strome ++ For Tage or something.
I don't think a pick or prospect makes sense from their POV. They need to have enough good players around Ovechkin to get him the goal record.
Personally I'd probably value him at a mid first + prospect, so I guess 11th OA is a decent value there. For me to offer up the 11th though, it simply has to be a perfect fit, and I don't think Strome is.