Freeptop
Registered User
From everything I've ever seen, heard or read from GMs and agents, they don't actually make concrete offers like that until everyone knows they're actually serious about making a trade. They only state generalities, because specifics haven't been offered yet.The rumors about Boeser are really tough to judge in my opinion because we don't really know what the baseline is.
Like, are team balking at a price tag of 1st + 2nd + prospect for Boeser @ 50% or are they balking at 2nd+4th prices?
Same with Rakell. What are "sky high prices" for him? 1st + 3rd? Or 1st + Clarke (from LA for example).
It would be nice if there was a "one offer for him is x, y, and z" to help us gauge what the market is. I imagine Bjorkstrand and Gourde are going for essentially a 1st each, that is the price tag for Rakell. Probably 1st plus decent prospect or young player + 2nd. The sky high is the addition of a 2nd or upgrading the pick to premium prospect.
Until a GM has decided that Rakell is definitely who they're after (as opposed to being, say, a backup option), they likely haven't made anything more concrete than "I might be willing to do a 1st round pick, a prospect, and maybe a mid-round pick, so long as you can take back some salary, either in the form of a roster player, or retention." And possibly not even that specific.