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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 29 at 12:26 p.m.
Thread: DRAFT IGINLA PLUS TRADE UP FOR SENNECKE
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KrakenTheCode</b></div><div>According to multiple draft pick value charts, the difference in value between the 8th overall pick and the 24th overall pick is equivalent to a late first rounder. I highly doubt Harris has that sort of trade value right now. Even if he did, the Kraken have a full blue line at the moment and will likely want to keep a starting spot open for Ryker Evans to continue his development, so I can't see them being all that interested in Harris. The Kraken are better served sticking at 8 and adding another top prospect to their pipeline than moving down 16 spots just to add a defenseman they don't really need.</div></div>
Exactly what I was going to say. (The difference between #8 and #24 is #23 on the most recent draft-pick-value chart I use.) I'll go further than your last sentence by saying Even if you assume that the prospect selected with #24 turns out to be a middle-6 forward and Harris turns into a perfectly acceptable second- or third-pairing defensemen, the two of them collectively probably won't have the same impact as the prospect chosen at #8. (F Helenius? C Catton? LD Dickinson? RD Parekh?)
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 3 at 5:10 p.m.
Thread: youth
I don't see Seattle doing that deal. The narrative around them giving up on Shane Wright is not true, and the whole situation is very misunderstood. The Wright prospect hate has become far too prevelant. he put up 1.85 PPG in the OHL last season, which was the second highest in the league that season, and would have been second this year as well. He also put up .75PPG in the AHL as an 18 year old last year, while also being the Captain of a gold medal winning WJC team. This year he is putting up just over .75 PPG in the AHL while being great both ways, when he's not even supposed to be in the AHL this year. Even if they chose to move on from him I highly doubt they would consider moving him for Nelson. Nelson isn't a bad player but Seattle is not competing now and he does not move the needle, the Isles aren't even competing with him and they have a more talented team than the Kraken.