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Originally Posted by Lisa Needs Braces
If Boston trades Seguin, its for someone who can put them over the top right now. Seguin isn't an important part of the team at this point and by the time he is, the team could very well be on the way down and retooling. Thing about Karlsson is that he would step in an make an immediate impact, maybe enough for the Bruins to go all the way THIS YEAR.
The kids value has gone down slightly since he was drafted, simply because he hasn't made an immediate impact yet unlike some of the other picks (Fowler, Hall, Skinner). He's all potential, but has a very high ceiling. A one for one trade with Karlsson is probably as fair as it gets. Ottawa gets their future star forward (and drafts their new star swede defenseman in June) and Bruins get a guy who can help them win now and can replace Seguin this coming draft also with Toronto's pick.
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Seguin's value has not gone down because of how a few other players transitioned. Stamkos didn't blow anyone's socks off his first year. Tavares didn't blow anyone's socks off in his first year. No one loses value after playing half way through their rookie season at 18. Karlson would be a great addition to the B's for sure but he is not the difference between losing and winning the cup. Why exactly will the B's be retooling by the time Seguin is an important part of the team as you say?
Rask 23
Kampfer 21
Bergeron 24
Lucic 22
Horton 25
Krejci 24
Wheeler 23
Marchand 22
Seguin 18
That looks like a pretty good young core that could play together for a long time to come. This doesn't include any prospects or the two first rounders were sitting on for this draft. Yeah the Bruins look very very good going forward. They do need some good young d to add to that core and that's what this draft will do for them IMO.