Chicago Blackhawks trade pick 20, pick 54, and pick 61 to the NYI for picks 18, and 50.
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Chicago Blackhawks trade pick 20, pick 54, and pick 61 to the NYI for picks 18, and 50.
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Imo, it’s pretty steep to give up pick 61 for a jump in the first of 2 spots and 4 spots in the second, we better be getting the person we want for such a trade this early on.
So who is it that we want so badly?
Why didn’t KFC wait until the draft to see who was available before moving up?
This is extremely interesting. I wonder who they see that’s worth trading a late second round pick for, especially with how deep the Defensive prospects are in this draft.
Edited to correct the pick is a late second instead of an early third.
Agreed on it seeming pretty steep. I’m assuming this means the Blackhawks must have a talent drop off in their tiers on the big board. Would’ve liked to move up to 15-16 with this but I’m sure they tried
This doesn’t make much sense at all so far out from the draft?
I think that the Blackhawks have so many picks that it is unrealistic to keep all of them. And even though it’s only two spots, maybe they feel it was worth it.
This doesn’t make sense to not wait until draft day for a slight move up like this unless…
They see someone they really like that they don’t think is gonna be there at pick 20, but the question is who
I think a big part of this too is us having so many picks the last few years, not minding burning one too move up in 2 rounds considering the amount of prospects we’ll have coming through
There is another thing I will add, picks may not be for sale come draft day. Look at last years draft and NO ONE budged. This could’ve very well have been a last chance to be able to move up. Also there is A LOT OF TALENT at the top that can drop closer to 18 than 20. I’m not against this trade in general, the price seems right but I would prefer it come draft night granted as I presented at the start, nothing might be available draft night.
Reminder that 2nd round picks have like a 17% chance of playing 100 games in the NHL. Giving up 61 when we have multiple firsts and seconds the next couple years isn’t that big a price to pay if it means getting 2 players we really like in the first round.
I’m willing to bet they made this trade so they can package this same 1st and 2nd rounder to try to move into the top 15.
people are overthinking this trade in part because fans obsess over assets and think every pick is going to turn into a top 6 forward or top 4 d-man.
It would appear im in the minority for not minding/somewhat liking this trade
I’m going to assume that this is just one step of a multi step plan on moving even further up.
Clearly Davidson sees someone he likes if he’s trading up
I’d guess that 18 & 50 will be a bit more enticing on draft night in the event they want to jump up into the low teens
I guess I’m in the minority, but I actually like this move. It seems like most analysts see a dropoff in talent around that point in the first round, so I’m guessing that the Hawks board must have that dropoff point around 18 and they wanted to get into that tier. Losing pick 61 is a non-issue for me in a draft like this (that isn’t considered very deep), since we have so many depth-type prospects and are starting to see a bit of a logjam in that department. At this point in the rebuild we need quality over quantity, and if KD sees pick 18 as a higher quality player, I’m all for it. 4 picks in the top 50 is plenty.
https://puckpedia.com/pickvalue
Have fun kids. According to this KD slightly lost this trade. If the Isle had added a 5th round pick it would have been even.
KD fail /s.
The org has had some productive draft meetings these past few weeks. I have to assume they have a specific guy in mind (Jiříček? Chernyshov?), or they view a tier drop-off between 18 and 20 which is entirely possible. Or this opens the door to a further trade up.
Could easily see GMKD using #18 as a jumping off point to go higher, somewhere in the #12 – #15 range.
… let him cook
Do they have like a big drop off on their board after 18 or something lol
Who is so important at 18 that has no shot of being there at 20?? EOD I don’t mind cause how often does 61st do anything? Who we end up taking 18th should be pretty interesting though.
Well that’s fun
Fairly reminiscent of my Minnesota Vikings trading up from the 2nd round into the back end of the 1st round a month or so before the NFL draft.
I was very happy with the way that turned out, I’m interested to see how this plays. I imagine the front office has a tier break around pick 18 or something.
To be fair, you can’t criticize this move until 5 years from now. When they grade the draft years from now
I think we should all look at this deal as a precursor to more moves to come closer to the draft, rather than thinking Davidson is targeting a specific player at #18.
Every bit he can crawl up now gives him that much more leverage on draft day to jump into the top 15, maybe even top 10 if he’s a real sicko (but I doubt that lol). If we’re trying to ultimately pick in the top 10-15 spots, teams currently in that range will probably appreciate falling back only to #18 vs. #20 while getting a decent 2nd round position vs. the tail-end 2nd round pick we just shed. We also have plenty of other capital in the next two drafts to tap into if needed.
I’ll be very interested to see what else comes after this!
And even if another deal doesn’t pan out – moving up two spots in the 1st round, around where many perceive a talent drop off, and four spots in the 2nd round is definitely worth giving up what is essentially a 3rd round pick at #61. We need higher picks, not more lower quality ones.
There seems to be more at play here. Moving up a handful of spots total for a 2nd doesn’t seem worth it. Good will with the Islanders? More attractive package to make a bigger jump up from 18?
Interesting move! I always thought we could be in play for the isles’ 1st, but thought it would involve taking back Lee/JGP.
I’ve had the feeling that at 20OA we may be jusssst missing out on our guy — whether its a guy like Chernyshov/Jiricek or a dropper like a Catton/Sennecke-type.
Given the dearth of 2nd round picks we have, I like doing spending the late 2nd to move up. We’d probably end up swapping it for a future 2nd anyway
Lastly, it’s possible that we acquire more 2nds for taking on a contract or two from other teams, so there may be more 2nds coming between now and next year lol
KD is cooking
Trade value-wise – it’s graded as a fair trade. For us pick situation-wise – it’s also a good trade, because we simply have too much picks for our roster to handle. Another great thing? This allows us to do a much easier trade up to potentially nab someone in the 10-16 range (after which this draft seems to drop off according to scouts). Trading up from 18 is much easier than from 20. Overall, this trade is very good
They’re going Demidov then Silayev book it now 😂😂