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As far as the #11 pick goes, the Athletic draft pick value chart has it worth EXACTLY the Tampa 1st and 2nd....as in right on. I like Boeser as a guy that Bedard can play with for a couple season (and maybe if that goes really well....you even try to keep him beyond his contract). But I far from love him or have to have him, much less view him as some significant positive value asset. He is somewhat overpaid (1-1.5 million per) for what he is. Put it this way, if Boeser were a UFA and the Hawks signed him to 2 years 13.3 million my reaction would be that's not great but not terrible and you generally overpay a little in free agency. I swallow on a slightly overpaid Boeser for a couple years to make the swap of 1st with one of the non Hawk 2nds happen. If you view Boeser as slightly overpaid but generally a neutral asset, this makes sense to gain finanical flexibility for the Nucks. If you view him as positive value relative to his contract, you never do what I am talking about. I would even go as far as take Myers as a player to be named later (after his bonus gets paid and it is mostly cap) but the 2nd would need to be the NYR or probably the Hawk 3rd.
So my counter would be #11OA, Boeser, Myers as player to be named (consumated after his bonus gets paid) for #19OA, #67OA and a choice of RFA right to Caleb Jones or Ian Mitchell. Hawks move up consolidating lesser picks, add a useful (slightly overpaid) player in Boeser, and get to rehab Myers in hopes he can be flipped at the deadline. Nucks trade back 8 spots to gain another pick, shed 12.65 in cap space to fill out a roster and add a signifcant UFA/trade piece, and pick up a bottom of the roster D.