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This Year's 1st Overall pick (Yakupov) to Your Team [MOD: ALL Yakupov/1st talk here]
Pittsburgh trades: 2012 1st round pick Paul Martin *depending on performance in playoffs this may not be enough* Defensive prospect not named Morrow or Despres
*possible addition of additional 2013 pick or prospect*
Edmonton trades: 2012 1st overall
Pittsburgh makes a big splash while hosting the draft, finding Crosby's RW of the future in Yakupov. They send their first, a top-4 defender, decent puck-mover in Martin, and one of their defensive prospects to Edmonton in exchange.
To Edmonton:
5th Overall Pick
Korbinian Holzer
Joe Colborne
Cody Franson
It doesnt beat Granlund, 7th Overall and Brodin, but I guarantee you Minnesota never does that, and Montreal isnt trading Price, especially when they have no GM
I can't beleive how dumb some of these offers are, a Pitts fan wants the 1st but won't offer Despres or Morrow instead another prospect and Martin and their 1st round pick.
I like the Minnesota deal. Brodin and Klefbom have played together, Granlund is a center which is needed and we can get one of Trouba/Reinhart/Dumba at 7. Price is an upgrade on Dubnyk but meh to Beaulieu and Tinordi.
From Montreal point of view, the only trade possible to land Yakupov are:
Subban for Yakupov (Add either way to make it happend but not by a wide margin)
Tinordi/Beaulieu + 3rd overall
I think these are the only two proposals that might interest the oilers. Personnaly, as a habs fan, I wouldn't do the second one because I don't think Yak value is worth that much. But I think something around Subban might work.
To Edmonton:
5th Overall Pick
Korbinian Holzer
Joe Colborne
Cody Franson
It doesnt beat Granlund, 7th Overall and Brodin, but I guarantee you Minnesota never does that, and Montreal isnt trading Price, especially when they have no GM
You're right. Those two deals would never happen from those respective teams.
And I like Colborne as a prospect. But he's not exactly a sure thing as of yet. The other two pieces are middling defensemen - something the Oilers already have plenty of. So simply enough, this is nowhere near enough to drop from Yakupov to the 5th pick.
I like the Minnesota deal. Brodin and Klefbom have played together, Granlund is a center which is needed and we can get one of Trouba/Reinhart/Dumba at 7. Price is an upgrade on Dubnyk but meh to Beaulieu and Tinordi.
Agreed. But too funny at the poster that thinks Price is worth two Yakupovs.
I don't think we want to trade out of the top-5, but this would get considered, at least - if only because it makes it slightly more possible for us to actually keep Nash. (I don't consider his departure to be inevitable, in case you were wondering.)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lufa
Toronto receives: Rick Nash, 2nd overall
Columbus receives: Phil Kessel, 5th overall, Luke Schenn
Ennnnh. It's sort of serviceable but I hesitate.
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Edmonton
Luke Schenn (recent 5th overall)
5th Overall (Take one of Murray/Dumba/Reinhart)
If Edmonton can end up signing Schultz that suddenly becomes a scary good defense.
*Even if you hate Schenn, gotta appreciate the kid is still 22 which fits right in with Edmontons youth movement. You suddenly have 3 young d-men all with top pairing potential.
There were 3-4 threads created for this exact proposal. None of them went over well.
I don't think we want to trade out of the top-5, but this would get considered, at least - if only because it makes it slightly more possible for us to actually keep Nash. (I don't consider his departure to be inevitable, in case you were wondering.)
Ennnnh. It's sort of serviceable but I hesitate.
What could realistically sweeten that deal for you?
