Quoting: Rob32sjsharks
no it 100% is. a top line all star 35 goal scoring power forward for a top prospect and what would then be a mid to late 1st seems very fair to me, just because you don’t want to move Holtz doesn’t make it unreasonable. and not bashing Holtz is a top prospect but he is still unproven and you have to provide a lot of unproven pieces to get a legit top guy.
Every year, I say these type of wingers will go for less than expected. Every year, people yell at me. And every year, they go for less than expected.
So I will say what I always say, provide me comps. Some me one trade where that type of value (top-20 prospect and 1st) for winger that was 0.7-0.8 ppg player heading into what will likely be UFA season (no one is qualifying him at $10 million).
Should start with Fiala, Buchnevich, Reinhart.
Also, Holtz just put up a point-per-game year in the AHL in his age-19 season. There is very small club that have achieved that (Rantanen, Bergeron, Elias). And he has three years remaining on his ELC. Don’t bother trying to diminish him. He is proving it.