Trade Advice - Nylander/Letang for Stone/Heiskanen

[Hammer82]

Hi all,
In need of some sound trade advice.
8 man deep keeper league

Being offered: Mark Stone, Miro Heiskanen, plus 2nd round pick next year
Being asked for: Willy Nylander, Kris Letting


Go for it? Hang on to Nylander? Stone going to be solid for next couple years?
Thanks

[als_revenge]

Welcome to the forums. Your question is a bit difficult since there is so little info.

Just how "deep" is your league? (How many teams and now many are rostered at each position)? "Deep" is a very relative term.

Also, what does the rest of your roster look like? I have no idea where your holes are, so it's next to impossible to say if this trade will help your team.

[Big Baby]

I would hit accept

[Hammer82]

Thanks for the reply... I appreciate the input
- 10 team league
- points, SOG, PIM, PPP, GWG
- 10 players can be kept year-to-year

12 F
Matthews, Nylander, Monehan, Lindholm, Gourde, Bailey, Karlsson, Ehlers, Coutourier, Konecny, Nyquist, Tatar
6 D
Letand, Ellis, Trouba, Morrisey, Lindell, Dillon
+ 4 bench spots


Currently struggling with offence

I think my main question is wanting peoples take on Heiskanen as a long term keeper asset vs. how much quality production Letang is going to provide in the next couple years. The 2nd being offered up is also pretty attractive.

Thanks!

[HonkyTonkMan]

What place are you in? Are u going for it or rebuilding

[Hammer82]

Sadly, 9 out of 10.
Offence hasn't been there at all this year. So rebuilding is probably the route...
The tricky part... is to avoid tanking, the 9th and 10th place finishes are not given the best odds at the #1 pick (and shot at Jack Hughes this year). Lottery priority is actually for 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st. I don't really agree with that... but it is what it is.

[hockeyrobot]

Hopefully you hit accept. The fact you got a pick out of this is fantastic.

[als_revenge]

The lottery priority system is a joke...best odds to the 4th best team? It seems that to combat 'tanking', they have also eliminated rebuilding/retooling. But that's another story.

While this deal is 'ok', I'm not in love with it. I assume Stone and Letang will continue to be studs this year, and for a number of years beyond. However, I expect Nylander to bounce back next year much faster than the development period for Heiskenen (who will be stuck behind Klingberg for eons). I also think replacing a player like Letang will be a lot harder than acquiring a player like Stone.

[HonkyTonkMan]

Sadly, 9 out of 10.
Offence hasn't been there at all this year. So rebuilding is probably the route...
The tricky part... is to avoid tanking, the 9th and 10th place finishes are not given the best odds at the #1 pick (and shot at Jack Hughes this year). Lottery priority is actually for 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st. I don't really agree with that... but it is what it is.

In that case, accept easy

[Dover]

Sadly, 9 out of 10.
Offence hasn't been there at all this year. So rebuilding is probably the route...
The tricky part... is to avoid tanking, the 9th and 10th place finishes are not given the best odds at the #1 pick (and shot at Jack Hughes this year). Lottery priority is actually for 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st. I don't really agree with that... but it is what it is.

This lottery priority make no sense at all! If you finish 3rd = 8th best odds but if you finish just one place behind you got the best odds??! There is surely a better way to avoid tanking

[Hammer82]

Pretty ridiculous right? I joined this league a couple years ago and prior to me.... they had 1 year where one manager tanked HARD specifically to land McDavid. So the guys made these stupid rules to make sure it never happened again. For me coming in with a shit team, its been brutally hard to rebuild from the bottom.

[als_revenge]

Pretty ridiculous right? I joined this league a couple years ago and prior to me.... they had 1 year where one manager tanked HARD specifically to land McDavid. So the guys made these stupid rules to make sure it never happened again. For me coming in with a shit team, its been brutally hard to rebuild from the bottom.

I suspect that preventing tanking was only half the objective of the league. I suspect the other objective was to keep the crappy teams at the bottom...