Quoting: The_Rocket
Valimaki isn’t really a prospect. Drafted 5 years ago, still a 3rd pairing D-man. Not much value there right now.
Zary is nice. Not super high end but decent prospect.
Late first round pick is meh. Any team can offer that.
Lebrun reporting a miller trade would cost 3-4 assets. This trade is only 2 good assets and a meh one. Plus it’s in the same division.
Think about it this way. The rangers offering lunqvist (better than zary) and chytil (similar value to valimaki but more important position) plus a 1st would beat this trade, PLUS the Canucks are dealing Miller out of the division.
CGY would have to add if they were serious about miller
I get what you're saying that you need to beat out other offers. Comparing prospects in similar tiers is extremely subjective though, and those packages look nearly identical value wise to me. It really comes down to personal preference at that point.
Here is Pronman's (the athletic) subjective ranking of under 23 players from this year (last year for Valimaki because he's 23) to use as a reference.
Lundqvist (#88 @ age 21)
Chytil (#119 @ age 22)
zary (#108 age 20)
valimaki (#82 last year @ 22)
If you want we can take out Zary and put in Ruzicka (#95 at 22)
A few more counterpoints:
-You say center is more valuable position then D so doesn't that work in Zary's favour as well
-Rangers are 6th(27th OA), Calgary is 16th (17th OA). I wouldn't say those are equal, especially in what's supposed to be a strong draft.
-I'd hope my GM just takes the best package available, even if it is from in div. I wouldn't want a lesser offer just to move him