I'm not sure what the going rate would be for a top 2 pick, but I suspect there isn't one this year. If the guys coming out are supposed to be Crosby-esque, the GMs of those franchises would be ran out of town if they traded the pick that would have landed one of them.glen a richter wrote:Just throwing this out there, and don't crucify me for it, but since we can probably count on the guys mentioned earlier (Fabbri, Barbashev, Lindbohm, Vanelli, Schmaltz, etc...) being on the team sooner than later and having to make room for them one way or the other, would Shattenkirk+Berglund+Jaskin be sufficient to get the #1 or #2? Of course there's a reason I'm not an NHL gm and I'm probably talking out my ass here, but ample money is saved to retain Tarasenko (and Allen)--in conjunction with also letting Jax and Leopold walk--and we net either McDavid or Eichel who both would look good in the note and step in right away. I'm afraid we're stuck with Ott, so trading him for anything short of a bad of dented pucks is probably out of the question. Could be an overpay if Jaskin ends up really good, but then again 1 and 2 in this years draft are both being compared to Crosby and, as much as we love to rag on him, admit it: we'd all love a guy like Crosby on the Blues.
I also would just be generally hesitant to do that anyway. We have a really good thing going right now. I'd be hesitant to rock the boat so drastically with one move.