Quoting: DogDayCaps2
give me an example>? i would absolutely love to know who is offering an A+ prospect like Mcmichael (who played with Cozen in WJC and they gelled well) another 1st round pick center who killed it in juniors youngish starting goalie and a 1st.... unless you think Wild are offering Rossi Boldy a1st and something? or the Ducks are offering Zegras which isnt going to happen... you either dont know what "drastically" means or you havent watch CMM play ever
Judging by this comment and your profile, I'm guessing you're an extremely bias Caps fan here.
In what world is Connor McMicheal an "A+ prospect"?! Is he a very good prospect? Absolutely. But an A+ prospect is someone who is considered a guarantee to make the NHL and is guaranteed to have a high impact at the NHL level. A+ prospects are guys like McDavid, Matthews, Eichel, MaxKinnon, Lafreniere, etc. & McMicheal is certainly no where close to their level. He's at best an A- level, which is having a good chance at being a top line guy, but likely settles into a high end 2nd line centre. I'd say he's pretty similar to Nazem Kadri'a ceiling level. & judging by how much I've actually seen McMicheal play since before his junior days in London, I guarantee you I know more about him than you think you do just because he had a great season in London last season and played good at the World Juniors. I've followed the kid since he was 14. I promise I know more about him than you do.
But if that's you're evaluation of your trade proposal, wow you're way off:
1. McMicheal again is a good prospect, but by no means is he a lock to be elite.
2. Lapierre has massive injury concerns around his career. Just because he was taken in the first round doesn't mean he has "first round value" - he's more around an early to mid round 2nd in value range and teams are skeptics of him because of his concussion issues.
3. You're "youngish starting goalie" does nothing for Buffalo so it has 0 value to them. They have Ullmark and if they can't re-sign him the already have a younger, better goalie prospect than him so why would they put much value in that?
4. Your 1st round picks will be late so don't carry as high of value as others. Buffalo is already reportedly looking for another top 10 pick so your late 1sts don't add much value.
Teams like Anaheim, LA (if they're still in), Ottawa, New York, etc. can all make substantially higher offers with either better quality assets or even more assets than you've offered.