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Thread: Blue it up
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Matt1567</b></div><div>First of all, yes the Oilers got 3 1sts for Gretzky, and he's the best player of all time, and those picks were 16th, 18th, and 20th overall, in drafts where there were at most 26 1st round picks, and as few as 21, so they're late picks. Not saying they aren't 1sts but Montreal would be trading a former 26th overall pick, the jets 1st which is currently 26th overall in a draft that supposedly drops of significantly after pick 20 or so, and a pick that realistically is no higher than 11th, but even then that's a stretch (read the conditions on the flames/panthers pick if you don't understand that). Jordan Harris is expendable, and if we were to trade him alone I doubt the return is more than a 3rd, Engstrom was a 3rd 2 years ago, and RHP is nothing special, just a hard-working undersized depth forward.

I'm not saying Kyrou is worth more than Gretzky, but you're ignoring the fact that the Oilers got more than just 3 1sts for him, they got 15 million dollars (almost $40 million in todays world with inflation), Jimmy Carson, a 22 year old forward who just had a 55 goal 107 point season, and Martin Gelinas who was drafted 7th overall that same summer. By your logic, Gretzky got 5 1sts, not 3, and 2 of those 1sts being top 10 picks, one of them already being a legitimate superstar.

There may not have been any other players traded for 3 1sts, but the reason I made the offer for Kyrou so big is because the Blues might not be 100% willing to move him, and so you've gotta pay more than "what he's worth" (which is subjective based on your opinions and how you value assets), but it wouldn't ruin Montreal making this deal because we've been stockpiling picks/prospects for the past 3 years and not all of them are gonna have the same value in 5 years as they do now. For all we know, all 7 pieces going to St. Louis in this deal could "bust" and the Blues end up with nothing for Kyrou, or all 7 could explode in St. Louis and Montreal look back on this trade the same they do with the Drouin-Sergachev deal (or even worse). There's only room for 23 guys on the roster, and 50 under contract, at some point guys will have to go so why not get value for them all now rather than lose some of them for nothing</div></div>

TL;DR; No player not named Gretzky was ever traded for 3x1st, making this trade idea for even a bigger return totally unreasonable in reality based on comparables.