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Originally Posted by _Q_
Oh so, they're sort of like Stajan, Backlund, Monahan, Horak, Street, Knight, and possibly Colborne and Jankowski.
Unless we are getting a true, blue-chip, bonafide #1 star centre in the making, we don't need any more "decent 3rd liners that can possibly play as second liners one day". Sorry to say, those two Flyers players don't fall in that category.
I would much rather have "decent second pairing defencemen that can maybe one day play on the top pairing" kind of guys going forward.
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Yikes, saying Stajan, Horak, Street, Knight, or Colbourne are in that class is laughable. Janko is a long shot, he's a maybe, and Monahan will be but he isn't there yet.
These guys aren't "decent 3rd liners that maybe play second" these guys are second line guys who play third line minutes on say... I don't know... a Pittsburgh? When I say deep, I don't mean "well we've got Stajan!" I mean actual talented center depth, which we don't have.
If you're delusional enough to say that all those guys are in the same conversation as Schenn and Couturier, then I'm not sure why you're concerned about defence. We have plenty of average defence and defence prospects that I'm sure would appease you.
It's terribly rare to flip a "2nd/3rd liner who could play top minutes on a bad team" for a defenceman who would be "a good 2nd pairing guy who could play on the top pairing (on a good team)". Remember, you want guys who fit in high on good teams, not guys who are good on bad teams.