Quoting: Lsendel3
Savoie for sure is top 5 Sabres prospect in every ranking. Tops out at 2, lowest he’ll be is 4.
Ostlund is anywhere from 5-7. But with those rankings some still use Cozens/Power/Levi. I would put him at 5/6. Krebs would be the young roster player, not a prospect. I’m not saying van will/should trade him, I’m just letting all of you know that you aren’t gonna get a teams 1,2,3,4 and 5 prospects multiple firsts and promising roster players. A mix of those for sure, but not all combined. I’ve seen Kulich (2) Ostlund (5) and 2 firsts get rejected vehemently. The only reason these proposals get sent out is because the player (EP) hinted at might be open to leaving.
In my opinion, I don’t expect Pettersson to be moved at all. I don’t buy the fact that he wants to leave. People are mostly feeding off the fact that he’s said he isn’t engaging in contract talks right now. I may be misremembering, but I’m pretty sure the same thing happened on his ELC. He stopped negotiations once the season started, then they picked back up after the season was over and eventually got a deal hammered out.
If Pettersson really does want out, I think there’s two scenarios. Either the Canucks trade him in a Tkachuk-style deal, or they move him for a futures package like this. However, I can’t see them moving him for a futures package. Doing so would mean a full year down and rebuild, which will never ever happen so long as Aquilini owns the team as he’d never allow it. That leaves a Tkachuk-style deal as the other option. Most likely scenario would be Pettersson gets swapped for a deal involving another young top 6 C plus other assets, where Pettersson is a bonafide 1C while the guy coming back is a 2C, meaning the other team adds to bridge the gap in value.
Value wise this is probably close to accurate, the problem is that it’s just not a trade I can see management or ownership ever making under any circumstances, even if their lives depended on it.