Silver Nuggets: Senators still trying to trade up; Dave Cameron joins coaching staff

I wonder if most of the people who also voted no are overvaluing Karlsson, but for me, the best case scenario in that trade would be to draft Larsson and hope that MechaKarlsson is as good as Karlsson has been. If neither one of those guys turns out to be a superstar, all we’ve done is made a lateral move.

We probably should not be giving up on such a promising player that is only two years into his development. That being said, the kid has been -5 and -30 over his two first seasons in the NHL. It is clear that his upside is on offence. If Rundblad or even Wiercioch could step in and fill that void then I would say we should seriously consider making this deal.

I originally voted no but now am clearly re-thinking my answer a little bit. A straight up trade would be damn tempting. Landing Nugent-Hopkins and Lando or Couts or Strome would be a hell of great start to the rebuild. However, Murray said in the Citizen article that he would never make the trade. It kinda just looks bad on the part of the GM to deal a guy that we have developed so methodically. Tough call.

It’s possible that the Senators will draft an élite player at sixth; it is even more likely that they will do so if they are able to trade up (it has been known to happen that a team can move up in the draft by trading its first-round pick, another pick, and a prospect; I believe some such trades were analysed by Mark a while back). Karlsson is one of the team’s few blue-chip prospects at this point, perhaps its only prospect who is known to be a star-quality player.

If Karlsson went on to be a major star with the Oilers then whoever Ottawa drafted would have even more pressure than your usual #1 pick. That might not be the greatest way for a guy to get his career started.

I look at it that Karlsson is a great player, but he was also someone who was drafted at 15 3 years ago. If we can turn a player who was a mid round find into a first overall player I don’t think it’s that crazy of a move, especially when we have a player in Rundblad that is in a similar mold coming through our system behind him.

I think Karlsson is great, but I also look at it that this team is now stacked at D in a way it hasn’t been in a very long time. The Sens need gamebreakers at forward and trading Karlsson could viably net us 1, in addition to another top forward pick at 6.

It’s this type of ballsy move that separates pretenders from contenders. I look at Burke’s move to trade up to 3 to get both Sedin twins, which he flipped Bryan McCabe, a 4th year d-man with decent upside and a first for Chicago’s 3rd overall. That move was a building block to making the Canucks a Stanley Cup contender for the last few years.

That shows me that the Sens don’t need to trade up to 1st or 2nd. They need to get into the top 5 and we will get a forward that they need. It’s not like they have one glaring hole in offense. They could use a winger and a centre, so any pick between 3-5 should do and the cost will be less.

PS I heard a rumour (from my mother, so don’t take it too seriously) that Kells is bringing Stanley back to Ottawa. Can anyone confirm/deny?

Terrible move. It would send a bad message to younger players about how we treat them, and might rub a few veteran FA’s up the wrong way too. I know I’ve said it before up here, but I’m sure perception of fanbases and management goes a long way in the league.