Rebuilding, trade Crosby??

[HockeyHobo]

After failing to make the playoffs again this season I decided to go for the sell off and start a rebuild (this is for the league in my sig by the way)

I already have picks 4, 6 & 10 in the first round this year and think I have a pretty good core which will help me compete in a year or two.

My question is do I go after the #1 or #2 draft spots as well and get Matthews or Laine (+ other items) using Crosby as the bait or am I completely off my rocker and should keep Crosby and maybe offer up another player (Voracek + pick maybe) or just stand pat with the picks I have.

Thank you for your guidance my teachers.

[Yonald]

Your team actually looks like it should be able to compete so I would hold onto Crosby. You should get better seasons out of Schwartz, Schiefele, Bjugstad, Eichel, Burakovaky, Pastrnak

[LuigiC173]

nah, ride out his prime and send him off at 30...you see that goal last night? Crosby is still the best so ride him.

[Bass56]

Your team actually looks like it should be able to compete so I would hold onto Crosby. You should get better seasons out of Schwartz, Schiefele, Bjugstad, Eichel, Burakovaky, Pastrnak

I agree with Yonald, but in a 12-team league, your team does fall a tad bit short if you want to go all the way. However, I would not dangle my best piece to get younger assets. Maybe try to combine your 3 first rounders for the 1st (I doubt) or 2nd pick along with a later pick. Going after the 3rd overall may be a good move too as the dropoff between 3 and 4 is visible (maybe picks 4 and 10 could do it).

Crosby will be able to surround your young core for the foreseeable future; keep him!

[Eskimo Brother]

Agree with the consensus above. Keep Crosby, see if you can move up into the top 3, and try to find another goalie. In a 12 team league you should have someone better than Domingue as your number 2.

[ericdaoust]

This is why you shouldn't do rebuilds.

[DaveKessel]

You need to keep Crosby who is still a top-5 players in the league

[HockeyHobo]

nah, ride out his prime and send him off at 30...you see that goal last night? Crosby is still the best so ride him.

It was a great goal and that was what got me thinking, do I go for the hype or keep his skills.

I agree with Yonald, but in a 12-team league, your team does fall a tad bit short if you want to go all the way. However, I would not dangle my best piece to get younger assets. Maybe try to combine your 3 first rounders for the 1st (I doubt) or 2nd pick along with a later pick. Going after the 3rd overall may be a good move too as the dropoff between 3 and 4 is visible (maybe picks 4 and 10 could do it).

Interesting idea, maybe I should look at getting #3 instead as the cost may not be as high but when do we see Puljujarvi making the NHL, next year?

Agree with the consensus above. Keep Crosby, see if you can move up into the top 3, and try to find another goalie. In a 12 team league you should have someone better than Domingue as your number 2.

Goalies are tough to get hold of in this league with 4 of the 8 categories being goalie stats, you have to stash young G and hope that you get a good one, otherwise you are paying top dollar. Maybe that should be my focus this off season instead of moving up in the draft.

Thank you to each of you for your answers.

[HockeyHobo]

This is why you shouldn't do rebuilds.

Who, me personally, am i really that bad at this game, or just everyone in general

[yougo]

Goalies are tough to get hold of in this league with 4 of the 8 categories being goalie stats, you have to stash young G and hope that you get a good one, otherwise you are paying top dollar. Maybe that should be my focus this off season instead of moving up in the draft.

Thank you to each of you for your answers.

Perhaps you should do this. Figure out a way to land a starting goaltender with your picks. Aim for someone like Frederik Andersen who shouldn't be so expensive but who's most probably going to end up with a starting gig somewhere as Anaheim is most likely to trade him.

James Reimer could be had for cheap probably too..

[donpaulo]

As much as I would like you to trade him to me

Crosby is in his prime so I would not trade him. He has come quite a ways in improving his game away from the scrappy aspects and the unfortunate neck injury that was misdiagnosed by the "doctors" of the Penguins.

I think the question boils down to
"does the quantity you receive from trading Crosby fetch enough of a quality return" ?

so essentially its 1 roster spot for Sidney, and how many slots for the return

[ericdaoust]

Who, me personally, am i really that bad at this game, or just everyone in general

I am anti-rebuild in general.

[HockeyHobo]

As much as I would like you to trade him to me

Crosby is in his prime so I would not trade him. He has come quite a ways in improving his game away from the scrappy aspects and the unfortunate neck injury that was misdiagnosed by the "doctors" of the Penguins.

I think the question boils down to
"does the quantity you receive from trading Crosby fetch enough of a quality return" ?

so essentially its 1 roster spot for Sidney, and how many slots for the return

Hey DP, good to see you. That amount of space that the trade would create on my roster is one of the sticking points, as I have plenty that I want to keep anyway so do i really want a player coming back other than the one I get with the pick, probably not.

Some times it is good to voice your thoughts to realise the error of your ways.

Thanks all.

[2014olympicgold]

The only way I trade Crosby is it’s for a top 10 player, plus more.

Seguin + is what I’d be going for. And it would be like…
Seguin+Goalie for Crosby. You don’t have a lot of goalie depth, but if you’re starting 1G it’s fine.

Don’t trade for the heck of trading Crosby. I’d be sitting with your team. A lot of youth, and underperforming/injured players last yr, you’ll be fine moving forward.

[jrmysell]

The only way I trade Crosby is it’s for a top 10 player, plus more.

Seguin + is what I’d be going for. And it would be like…
Seguin+Goalie for Crosby. You don’t have a lot of goalie depth, but if you’re starting 1G it’s fine.

Don’t trade for the heck of trading Crosby. I’d be sitting with your team. A lot of youth, and underperforming/injured players last yr, you’ll be fine moving forward.

I agree with this. I'd want a slightly lesser player than Crosby and a good G.