Edited Oct. 22, 2021 at 4:29 p.m.
Quoting: Shibbal18
I dont think I've said anything about Girard other than we dont need more LD. Im not saying hes a bad player, Im saying hes not worth a top 6 forward to upgrade Samuelsson to Girard. Samuelsson will, shortly, be a pretty good dman as well and still has potential to be just as good as Girard himself. Thats like trading Girard and Newhook for Dahlin
I know we are all high on the young top prospects for our teams, no different than Newhook for the avs, but just as newhook, to say quinn is a top 6 foward is just premature, we dont know yet. We want them to be top 6 fwds but that could be years down the line if ever.
Samuelsson could be good, but he has only a small sample size in the NHL, that is the same as Avs fans saying Kaut will be a top 6 fwd bc he showed well in his 9 game call up originally. cant bank on that yet either. Buying into the potential of the prospects is justifiable but you cant know 100% they will pan out. I believe in the hype too but not every teams prosept turns out to be an NHLer. ....Girard is a sure fire Top 4 Dmen. You get the best player in teh deal today and potentially long term
Look at the ROR trade, Compher Grigs, Zads, and a 2nd back then, that was a lot of young promising pieces. Well compher and zads turned out to be NHLers but not nearly their potential