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I get that canada has legalized weed, but seriously laf is not getting traded. You dont want to trade miller thats fine, but keep in mind the rangers are absolutely not trading laf or kakko especially not for JT Miller who is never getting powerplay time in ny.
Schneider is a prospect that is at least a reasonable ask, if not one the rangers want to part with.
If JT miller were 3 years younger, and signed for 5 more years then the ask for Laf would be reasonable. JT miller is 1 season away from free agency.
The most comparable trade you have for a player of miller's caliber is the ryan mcdonagh trade.
That was hajak, namestikov, 1st, 1st or 2nd with conditions, and Howden for macdonagh and miller.
Miller and namestikov wash out, as they were about the same player at the time.
Hajak was a C prospect, howden a high B. and 2 firsts.
The gap between picks 1 and pick 10 is huge, the gap between 10 and 25 is huge. Asking for any player 1oa would need an absolute stud signed to a sweetheart deal. Thats not JT miller.
Is laf on pace for 70 points this year? nope. Does he have that upside? Absolutely, and the rangers and anyone who makes that deal would likely never be hired in the NHL again.