Jets say no to that

What if the second was a first?

Jets would probably still refuse. But at that point just offerseet over $10mil AAV where the compensation is 2 1st’s, 2nd, 3rd. You could always move Drouin afterwards to make some of those picks.

Laine for Drouin , two 1st's ,and a 2nd
assuming Laine takes a deal at 10m or less.

MTL pays WPG what they woulda got for 10m dollar salary match situation in two 1st and a 2nd .
instead of a third they offer up Drouin so WPG chooses not to match .


MTL wins adding Laine to play with Kotkanemi for the next half dozen years

WPG wins getting Ehlers a Winger he has Established Chemistry with and whom he dominated the CHL. (didnt win a memorial cup like Drouin-Mckinnon but they were more dominant as a duo)
WPG also gets 3 picks with two in the first round to re-stock their depth pool they've heavily depleted with trades pushing for a Cup before their core aged out)

Not exactly. Drouin played himself out of being the so called "1C" so at that point he drops value. 2 Firsts, 1 Second, and your probably looking at selling Poehling or Kotkaniemi. I might dislike Patrik Laine who people like a lot for some reason. It's bad, but you still have to pay up to WPG demands and that's probably what you are looking at for what they want as "demands" are concerned...

Thats basically saying the Drouin is worth a 3rd which is absolutely mental lol

Drouin does a lot of things better than Laine does right off the bat, his shot is the only thing hes elite at.

Not a single chance Kotkaniemi or Poehling would ever be included in a trade for 50 pts Laine. They’ll offer sheet him at 10.5M before they do that. Lets see if Winnipeg can match with Connor, Pionk, Copp to sign and only 16 players on the roster