Lol, no.

lol no. 3 and 5 are worth more than 1. Laf isnt Mcdavid/Crosby. Stutzle/Byfield could easily be as valuable as him. Nvm the Isles pick in here too

Ya don’t see Ottawa looking too closely at that

Guy, if you don't like it that's fine, comment on why you think your way or just move on. a "lol no" comment adds nothing to the fun of this site or discussion.

Sorry, I think this is a very poor decision and Lafreniere>Perfetti who sucks, and Byfield.

I feel the same way, just thought it would be interesting to prioritize our needs while getting decent value back. very excited to get Laf

If you do that take Byfield and Rossi

I was honestly just going based tankathons ranking. Didn't put much thought into that 5th pick lol

Perfetti doesn’t suck...

I could pick any two players in that range at 3 and 5 and guaranteed get more out of those two players over their careers than Lafreniere on his own. Byfield + Perfetti, Stutzle + Rossi, Raymond + Drysdale, all would be better combined, and you think Ottawa adds another 1st on top of that? You're nuts.

Lafreniere is a fantastic player, but he's not so far above the competition that you bet the farm to get him. He's not a premium position player like a C or RD. He's not the next McDavid.

rule no 1. never trade the no 1 prospect in the world. not for ur 3 and 5 and more. u take the no1 and u run with it.

That's not always accurate.

- 2011 Nugent-Hopkins was the #1, #3 was Huberdeau and #5 was Ryan Strome. It's close, but then consider 6-10 picks were Zibanejad, Scheifele, Couterier and Hamilton.
- 2012 Yakupov was the consensus #1, Edmonton would've been better off trading that pick for Galchenyuk and Rielly.
- 2014 Ekblad was the #1, would you rather have him or Draisaitl (#3) and Dal Colle (#5)? William Nylander was 8 and Ehlers 9, that might be like Holtz and Raymond of the 2020 draft.
- 2017 Hischier at #1 pales in comparison to the #3 and 5 picks: Heiskanen and Pettersson.
- 2019 its early yet, but would you rather have Jack Hughes (#1) or Kirby Dach (#3) and Alex Turcotte (#5)? I know I'd rather the second option.

Unless there's a generational talent available, trading down from #1 could be a very sound strategy. Even an elite talent like Matthews in 2016 could be argued against PLD (#3) and Matthew Tkachuk (#6), or MacKinnon in 2013 vs Seth Jones (#4) and Monahan (#6). It's not as clear-cut as you seem to think.

No. trust me, everyone is an expert here.

yeah but did they do that trade? NO
u take the no1. and u play him. esp when his name is Lafreniere

not claiming to be an expert, myb u are? of course its all subjective but trust me, other than a couple get rich quick dummies the ranger fan base is ecstatic that we finally have a no1 pick we can watch grow. and the scouting on him is that he is pretty darn good. and the clips i see of his game is a beast on skates. so yeah im taking the number one i dont care what you offer me, if im the rangers -that is. and im 100 pct sure they aint trading him either. 100PCT.

i wasn't coming at you specifically or claiming to be an expert... far from it actually. I was trying to be funny and sarcastic about most of the people who comment here who think they are 100% right all the time. I agree with you, i would take the 1st pick but i would definitely be tempted as a gm if Ottawa offered us something along the lines of my post for the exact reasons that @CD282 mentioned.

No, but they should have. I'm not saying trading #1 for #3 + #5 this year is for sure a slam dunk win, but it sure looks that way to many people and history supports the proposition.

Here's a tell: I haven't seen a single Ottawa fan support the idea. They'd rather have 3+5 than #1.

they might want to stay put i get that. ur getting some good players. but there is something special about having the no1. and we never had it. and fan base is beyond excited scooping up seasons. and this kid is pretty special, not just from a skill perspective but from a leader and compete perspective--- i just say there is nothing u can offer that makes us turn away from him. would be huge mistake no matter what 3 and 5 turn into (or worse dont!) so we will take no11@1, who reminds us of another special 11