Lysell would be awesome. My expectations aren't as high as some others. A prospect on that tier you mentioned with a 1st round pick is what I would expect for Hertl.
That would be really dumb of them…. They got a team that could go deep with a clear hole at center. Also I haven’t seen any of these reports. Would you link them?
Not to be sarcastic but I think thats pretty obvious. Dont know whos buying into Debrusk being 10x better than he was just because hes being deployed with the best now
I would think any team that wants a forward should. Hes easily the best on the market, so id expect Colorado, Toronto, Florida, and Calgary to all make a solid push.
Apparently Detroit might be (a fan linked a report but can’t remember where, might have dreamed it), I could see COL wanting to put themselves over the edge, I could honestly see a team like PIT taking a chance on him for the right price, maybe WSH to add a bit more scoring, MIN should be depending on the price, EDM but I doubt they’d have the best package, list becomes even bigger if we are looking at an extension like the Stone trade.
Those guys all signed long term. Sign Timo long term then. Its not news. Its uninformed fans spewing shit that is a nonissue. It’s been happening since last year.
Is $8M or $9M an overpay? That's probably what he's worth. You don't think he would sign 6-8 years x $8-9M, because he can get a 1 x 10?
That was me, Frank Seravalli mentioned that Yzerman is heavily pursuing a 2C and both Hertl and Horvat were mentioned. Yzerman wants a 2C awfully bad and Seravalli basically said that he's willing to spend a pretty penny on either one.
Obviously the team trading for him would know if he wanted to resign or not. Otherwise that’s on them and their incompetence. I’ve done the math before with in depth calculations but quickly let’s say he signs the QO and intends on walking after. Oh wait he got injured that year, or the cap didn’t raise as much as it should have, or some crazy situation like I don’t know a global pandemic. Now he gets paid less because he risked it when there was an 8x8 deal on the table. That’s the thing that people who talk about his QO don’t take into consideration. There is so much f***ing risk that comes into play when you talk about him just taking his QO. Also when was the last time a player just took his QO? Especially one of Timo’s quality. Like it’s a pointless argument because there is 0 examples that I have found that are comparable.
Detroit is in the same spot as the standings as us, and in no place to trade a first round pick. While they may be looking like they're on an upwards developmental trend...they still are in a division with Tampa, Florida, Toronto, and even Boston. Buffalo and Ottawa are also trying to improve their teams into playoff level threats. Way too much risk to hand out a first round pick.
I agree a first is too much. My first thought in terms of trade package with DET is Zadina+Veleno+2nd but that seems risky for us.
