24-25 Prospects Thread

[Shinzaki]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

if that's true they need to trade him now while he still has some value.  

I think that's a bit much

[Shinzaki]

Nashville is interesting...they could be looking at a full on rebuild.  A guy like Ryan O'Reilley might be worth inquiring about as a top six F with some size and scoring. Two years left with a 4.5 mil cap hit

[Mr.TaterSalad]

1 hour ago, Shinzaki said:

Nashville is interesting...they could be looking at a full on rebuild.  A guy like Ryan O'Reilley might be worth inquiring about as a top six F with some size and scoring. Two years left with a 4.5 mil cap hit

If Nashville is in a full scale rebuild why not go after the big fish and try to trade for Filip Forsberg instead of 35 year old O'Reilly. If Nashville is going to tare it down and rebuild then I would presume they want top prospects and picks for a top guy like Forsberg. Both of which we can offer them. According to Spotrac it looks like the Preds will be $21 million under the cap next season, so they have room to take on a bad contract or two as well. We have bad contracts to give them along with picks and prospects.

[Shinzaki]

Doubt we can afford to add Forsberg.  O'Reilly would be cheaper low hanging fruit in terms of $$$ and the assets needed to get him

[buddha]

45 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

If Nashville is in a full scale rebuild why not go after the big fish and try to trade for Filip Forsberg instead of 35 year old O'Reilly. If Nashville is going to tare it down and rebuild then I would presume they want top prospects and picks for a top guy like Forsberg. Both of which we can offer them. According to Spotrac it looks like the Preds will be $21 million under the cap next season, so they have room to take on a bad contract or two as well. We have bad contracts to give them along with picks and prospects.

why would they want bad contracts in a deal to unload their best player?

he's a solid 1b center (like larkin) on a reasonable deal through his 30s.  youre paying for ultimate decline but not too much.

probably a first round pick (or two), a top prospect like asp, and a second tier prospect like buium or lombardi.  

[buddha]

8 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

Doubt we can afford to add Forsberg.  O'Reilly would be cheaper low hanging fruit in terms of $$$ and the assets needed to get him

they have room for forsberg's contract next year.  down the road it might cost them someone, but they can do it next year.  he's only on 8.5 aav, i think.

[Hongbit]

Forsberg is a solid player but he would be behind Raymond on the LW depth chart.  

A playoff team looking to take the next step may trade high picks and $8M+ on a 2nd line wing.  Don’t think that’s the move for a team that’s been out of the playoffs in 9 years.