You can dream, but Columbus laughs and declines. Also, Anaheim will almost certainly take Fantilli at two anyway.

If the roles were flipped do you honestly think you would accept that trade? The answer is no

I really do not understand how you get Fantilli at 3 when he goes at 2?

Some folks are saying ANA likes Carlsson at 2. I mean who knows but I'd take Fantilli all day

Nobody knows what Pat Verbeek is going to do

Hey, BigE, I suspect you're just stirring the pot here; it certainly will do that! I surmise that you wouldn't make this trade; the price is simply too high - especially with all the holes the Hawks have on both the roster and the pipeline (except for LD).

Should be an exciting day today!

Cheers

Maybe he wants to trade the pick to his old buddy Yzerman for Wallinder and 2 firsts

A couple of points about your comment. I used actual real-world draft pick values to determine this trade and the Hawks actually give up a little more value than they receive, about a 3rd rounder on this. With that said, I believe Fantili to be the real deal, and if he falls to 3 I personally wouldn't do this trade (because of Fantili, but otherwise I would)...unless, I was only worried about short-term and was in win-now mode, which Columbus is in. Could they take a few of those picks and a prospect and turn it into Konecky out of Phily? Probably. Could they bring in a 3rd team and trade these picks in order to get Sheifele out of Winnipeg? Probably.. (Winnipeg doesn't want picks for Sheif). Are either Konecky or Scheifele better than Fantili long-term...I don't think so but Scheif did score 42 last year. Are both better than Fantili next year - absolutely. This draft is historically good and very deep and those early 2nd rounders are very valuable.

You really haven't been paying attention to the Jackets if you think they're going to trade 3rd OA for late 1sts and 2nds in an attempt to get Schiefele or Konecny. It's a U25 1C that can be extended long term that will get Jarmo to move the pick, nothing less.