Edited Apr. 1, 2023 at 12:35 a.m.
Quoting: Hawksguy81
Agree with most of this. Hawks won't be relevant for 4 or 5 years. I'm sure Hawks got calls on TRad at the TDL this year and he's still a Hawk. If the Hawks did decide to trade TRad, I'm certain there would be multiple teams in on him. He's not bringing a Hagel type return, but I don't see the Hawks trading him unless someone offers a package they can't refuse. No offense intended, but I don't feel Granlund and a 1st is that package. Just my opinion. I don't have any inside knowledge. Maybe the Hawks do it. Just saying if I was the GM, I wouldn't.
As to your point that that Hawks "At this point, while you guys obviously need to ice a team, you should be cultivating picks and prospects not in the NHL." The Hawks have no F prospects in the AHL that are NHL ready who are anything more than 4th liners in the NHL. Any high end prospects are at least 2 years away. Hawks still needs players who can score goals and play top 6 minutes in the NHL. Trading TRad now just makes that issue worse.
To me Raddysh is worth a 2nd, maybe 2nd + mid-level prospect. Granlund isn't any prize, but he's a serviceable player; he's just not the right type of player the Pens need, so I'm not trying convince you he's good, but why don't we keep him type of thing. Granlund is not a goal-scorer, nor is he good defensively. He's a set-up man and the Pens have enough of those. Now, I'd say you probably shouldn't be too concerned about scoring goals. I'm not sure the of the quality of players coming up in the draft over the next three or so years, but just going on by what the Pens went through prior to Sid, it was worth it to not be good at scoring goals lol. The pain is worth the payoff. Just look at Ottawa.
So yes, Granlund is no prize, but he's simply a serviceable player you get to have and bumping to a 1st is what I feel makes it worth it. But yes again to your point, if he's available, there could be a small bidding situation for him.