Barnaby
Registered User
Teams don’t really trade blue chip prospects, let alone blue chip center prospects.fair, but the idea of peyton krebs (skilled, fast, still very young, addresses the center position) works in a gavrikov trade. the "but does real life GM see the player that way?" thing is the obvious subtext to any HFB post.
jarmo's options in a gavrikov trade are:
A: late first round pick + buy-low guy + mid prospect
B: conditional (very) late first + young roster player
C: late first + conditional mid-round pick
D: young player with roughly first round value, closer to contributing but not there yet on a playoff team
the jackets are no longer in the 'accumulate assets' phase, and jarmo loves him some hockey trades, so D seemingly makes the most sense. could be a krebs, turcotte, holloway or someone else entirely.
Gavrikov could very well be the big tickets item on defense this deadline. If so, he nets that first and a minor piece or two. Of course an unforeseen defenseman or two being available or a barren market could swing things a bit either way but in recent years he nets a first based on what he is.
So many proposals on these boards involve young blue chip prospects and they sooo rarely get moved. Very few examples in recent years.