Quoting: Hockey91
you think you’re getting a third overall pick for the 8th pick and danault? Better be throwing in a good prospect as well. And Tampa has zero use to draft another goalie in the first round for at least 5 years. And it better be Caufield or poehling going to New Jersey if you think you’re moving from 3rd to 1st.
name 3 examples in Context in which this has happened .
i looked up the history the the 1st OA being taken and built my moves based on Facts as a GM has done it
i like basing my trades on similar moves actually made otherwise we're just having a war of opinions based on nothing if there is no Context .
people pretend there is a huge margin between 1st ,2nd and 3rd OA picks but the reality is for example Hughes , Kakko and Dach all have similar success .
Year before that the draft class for the top 4 have all but KK 65-75 points ,
Year before that Hischer #1 and Pettersson #5 almost double 2nd ,3rd and 4th's production . Both Hischer and Pettersson went higher then expected but are cleary better then Nolan who for 2 years before the draft was in everyone's opinion undisputed .
Its only once every 6-7 years a Mcdavid level stand out who's that much better then the other two top 3
Given we got Mathews and Mcdavid already in recent memory something tells me we got a bit to wait before another Generational Star Appears .
1 things for sure Lefreniere isnt it he's at best a Stamkos level All Star and at worse a Lecavlier level player .
I mean that's still worth alot but its sure as **** not worth giving up a Caufield who will IMO end his career with more goals then AL which is what MTL needs most .
Upside to this post is i learned i can basically get Raymond for a lot less and get a speed based player who's thriving at age 17 in a Swedens top Pro Mens League the SHL.
https://grantland.com/the-triangle/were-no-1-the-history-of-trading-the-nhls-top-pick/