ottawa says no. hopkins and hoffman about equal value but the diffrence between the 10th and 4th is 2 much for sens to take even if they save 1m per year with the same duration of lucic's contract it isnt worth dropping 6 spots.

I agree... EDM would need to add on... maybe Yakamoto

I'm an Oil fan, but would agree that 4 to 10 is a very huge drop... too much to make this work as is. Word from "The Bob" is there's even quite a big drop after 8th or 9th pick.

Sens say no. Bobby Ryan may be older and have a worse contract buy he's also the better player in my opinion. He also has the bonus of not being Milan Lucic. but Hoffman and RNH have about equal value, but there is a huge difference between the quality of players available at 4 and 10. EDM needs to sweeten the pot

Sorry I cant see how RNH and Hoffman have equal value. Nuge is 24 entering his prime, Hoffman is 29 on the decline he is a one dimensional player, where as Nuge is a natural center that can play wing. Bobby Ryan in the past 5 seasons with OTT hes only manage 135 point in 353 games played, and only hit 45 points his first year and has been unable to produce more then 30 points since.. and in the past 5 seasons has missed a total of 57 games. For numbers sake, Milan in the same span has 242 point and has only missed a grand total of FOUR games in 5 seasons. Simple facts... Milan Lucic is the better player by a country mile...