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Rossi is definitely a more complete player and more pro ready. Perfetti has great stick handling but it’s not like head and shoulders better than Rossi’s. I honestly like his game more than Stützle. If we were picking in our usual spot of 6 or 7, I would be thrilled with one of Drysdale or Perfetti just not 4. Perfetti just has a lot of potential to bust or not be able to do his dangles thing without elite skating ability. The reason Barzal can exploit it is because the defense has to be cautious that he will just blow past if they over commit. Perfetti or guys like Middlestad don’t have that trait which is why they tend to struggle adjusting to higher competition. I am not saying it is out of the realm of possibility that Perfetti pulls a Point and becomes a plus skater. However, it’s not a risk I’m willing to take at 4.

So far there are 5 Red Wings players / prospects on loan to different European Leagues... Filip Hronek - Mountfield HK (Czech Extraliga) Filip Zadina - HC Ocelari Trinec (Czech Extraliga) Moritz Seider - Adler Mannheim (DEL) Gustav Lindstrom - Almtuna IS (HockeyAllsvenskan) Mathias Brome - Orebro HK (SHL) Does anyone know when regular season games start up for these leagues? I'm not sure if this was regular season or some sort of pre-season game, but Hronek had a goal and an assist, including his patented bomb from the left side on the power-play, in a 5-1 win...

Get it done Yzerman!

They probably do and should regret that trade, but as I stated above, this is a very different trade proposal. Mantha is every Habs fan's (and probably management's) wet dream. Romanov is a very good prospect, but he's far from a can't miss, top pair defensive prospect. If they want Mantha, it starts with Romanov, and they add from there. If the Blues are looking to offload salary, I would think they would trade one of their bad contracts. To move multiple bad contracts in one trade, it would cost way too much. I'd be asking for Robert Thomas or multiple 1st's. Bokk was traded to Carolina in the Justin Faulk trade.

This is pretty much where I'm at as well. I wouldn't be disappointed if we picked Perfetti, but I would definitely be a little nervous. He may be the biggest boom or bust in this entire draft, and we can't afford a player to bust at 4th overall. There are probably three or four guys I'd pick ahead of him at this point. I do think his lack of skating ability is being vastly overstated, it's a bit choppy, but not slow by any means. However, I do value skating ability as high, or higher than any physical attribute in the game of hockey, so if Yzerman does pick him, he better be damn sure it isn't going to hinder him at all at the next level.

It's already been discussed by a few people here. It's probably fair value for Mantha, but a bad trade for a rebuilding team like the Red Wings. I agree, we would want much younger piece(s) / better pick(s) in any potential Mantha trade. If Montreal, a divisional rival, want their hometown stud, they're not getting him for "market value", they're going to have to significantly overpay. It would start with 16th overall and / or Alexander Romanov for me.

Rossi seems to have more going for him than Perfetti. They both dominate in smarts, playmaking, and shootouts (although Rossi gets a higher percentage of coaches voting). But Perfetti only takes the advantage in stick handling... while Rossi is one of the best penalty killers, defensive forwards, and faceoff men unlike Perfetti. Id also personally give Rossi the advantage on hustle. His hustle is insane. Its like comparing Zberg (Rossi) to Tatar (Perfetti). Tatar is great but hell never be Zberg great.