Ban Price trades
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So, in terms of NHLe, I don't know if I'd look to trade Caufield and everything else in that package just for Lafreniere.
There's no effective comparable for the USNTP (I used the NCAA translation factor given that the national team does play against NCAA teams) and Caufield's NHLe in his draft year ranges from 10 points (just the USHL conversion) to 22 (USNTDP w/ NCAA conversion), with an average of 16 if you split the difference. Lafreniere's is 24.
Even if Caufield's D+1 NHLe has dropped to 14 points with the past season, I don't know how to justify trading Drouin (who can be used to acquire a proper top-pairing LHD), a mid-first round pick in a deep year, a prospect, and Caufield just to acquire a guy with a French last name. There's no value here for Montreal.