Re: Young Guns trade
The last one is pretty even, I think. I like Jones over Ekblad by quite a bit, while RNH has proven himself capable of 60 or so points with plenty of upside for more. I still see him as a PPG player at some point in his career. Nichuskin is all potential at this point, but it's very good potential.
Schwartz, in the short-term is roughly even with RNH but I don't think can hit the same level long-term. Getting Drouin is great though....he's unproven obviously but he's probably the best prospect in hockey. The 1st does have some value if it stays top 10, but who knows at this point if that will happen.
So ya, pretty even. Although the more I think about it the more I'm not so sure you should have just kept what you had. I don't think this trade will really "hurt" you, but I'm not totally sure it will "help" you either. Losing Jones hurts since your defense is, well, awful. RNH is more proven than Drouin, while Schwartz still has to battle a lot of other forwards in St. Louis for top ice time. However, if Drouin does not pan out like hoped, this will really hurt you long-term.
20 Team Dynasty (points per) - G (25, 50 for defense) A (25) PIM (3) PPP (15) SHP (25) OTG (15) GWG (25) HTr (50) SOW (75) HIT (1) BLK (2) W (50) SHO (100) OTL (10) GA (-15) SV (2) Use actual NHL salary
Start 12 F, 6 D, 1G weekly
F: Kucherov, Marchand, Barkov, Gaudreau, Laine, Aho, Dubois, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Trocheck, Bertuzzi, Beauvillier, Khaira, Grigorenko
D: Ekman-Larsson, Yandle, Edler, Pulock, Borowiecki, Weegar, Mike Reilly
G: Andersen, Hart
Farm: Boldy, Beckman, Wise, Mascherin, Kovalenko, Manukyan, Walker, Morozov, Shafigullin, Palmu, Tychonic, Zhuravlyov, Kesselring, Zamula, Lankinen, Sogaard, Ingram, Rybar