Ok, I was watching the NJ - NYR game today and thinking to myself how Jersy has talent and needs to shake things up. The idea I came up with first was a blockbuster!
To Vancouver
Jack Hughes
Taylor Hall
To NJ
Elias Petterson
Brock Boesser
for us, it unites the brothers and gives us Hall, who is a proven elite scorer. For NJ, it gives the team a new core for the future.
At first I thought NJ would say no thanks, but Petey vs Hughes, right now I say NJ wins that by a bit. 1st overall or no, Jack hasn’t shown that he’s the better centerman. Petey is already elite. Boesser vs Hall is tough to gage. Boesser’s youth and contract are valuable . BB 10g 14 a 26gp
TH 4g 17a 24gp
so after thinking about it for a bit, I decided that NJ wins that trade and thought about the fact that NJ needs goaltending and we are pretty rich right now with what I consider to be two #1’s.
I wonder if a package can be built around either Demko or Marky.
Both Hughes and Hall are attractive to Vancouver for obvious reasons. I think if you could ever poach a player like Hughes, RIGHT NOW may be the one time you can make that happen because he has underwhelmed and NJ needs to do something to be better.
Pieces to dangle:
Demko, Markstrom, Petey, Brock, Gaudette (his value is measurable), Sutter, Ferland, Tryamkin’s rights, picks.
To Van
Jack Hughes
To NJ
Demko
Gaudette
Tryamkin
2nd round pick 2019.
NJ does this IF they believe that Demko is their future number 1 who can carry the net load, IF they like what they see in Gaudette and IF they see the value of the Tryan.
A lot of ifs, I know, but possibly a way to steal what would be very exciting for Vancouver, the next elite brother tandem.
Any other thoughts on how to acquire either Hughs or Hall?