Quoting: NHLfan10506
Who is trading Nick Suzuki for Lafreniere? If that was a viable trade, Rangers would have done it months ago.
I'd say Laf + Nils + 1st probably = Suzuki
Hmm not sure about this. I had this argument just prior the season so I asked a hockey community and this was the poll results :
Alexis Lafreniere vs Nick Suzuki
Discussion in 'Polls - (hockey-related only)' started by Xspyrit, Oct 11, 2021.
Who do you think has more trade value?
Alexis Lafreniere
102 vote(s) 63.8%
Nick Suzuki
25 vote(s) 15.6%
Habs fan - Nick Suzuki
9 vote(s) 5.6%
Habs fan - Alexis Lafreniere
15 vote(s) 9.4%
Rangers fan - Alexis Lafreniere
9 vote(s) 5.6%
Rangers fan - Nick Suzuki 0 vote(s) 0.0%
Lafreniere is still 20 y/o and was a recent 1st OA pick. It would be VERY RISKY to give up on him this early. You'd have to be pretty convinced that he will not figure it out
Look at what Dorion did with Zibanejad. He traded the 23 y/o 50 pts center right away when he became GM in 2016. Zibby finally broke out at 25 y/o and look at him now.
Suzuki is also still young and will continue to grow but IMO he plays a very mature game already and doesn't have a ton of untapped potential left. I see him as a good 2-way 65 pts center, could be a great #2 C on a contender.
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