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Originally Posted by Poe969
Speaking of Gudbranson; I wonder if he could be the next Colborne? He seems to have fallen out of favour in florida and if they end up with Ekblad, they might be willing to part with him. I would love to get a young guy like him off of a team that wants to give up on them the way the leafs gave up on Colborne. There are a few out there and if we can't manage to get Ekblad, maybe we can pick up a "late bloomer" and develop them into a good player.
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Originally Posted by Five-hole
I'd be a fan of that too but the cost is going to be much higher. (Well, at least you'd expect it to, but Florida is a gong show.) Hedman had his first really good seasons last year and this year and he was touted as a guy who could step in and make an impact at 18. That didn't happen.
It's very, very rare for d-men to make an impact before the age that Gudbranson is right now. Giving up on him now doesn't make much sense for Florida. It would be like us giving up on Baertschi right now. Lots of potential still, has hit some rough patches, and you're not going to recover the value of your initial investment (3rd overall pick) nor even reasonably hedge against downside based on the timing. It's just totally the wrong time to move him.
But like I said, Florida is a gong show so anything is possible.
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Quite honestly, I would like to see a player like Gudbranson targeted with the use of Beartschi going the other way. Sven is looking like a ruined prospect also. The game this weekend, he looked bad... And with the emergence of some of our guys like Street, Sven is losing ground on a roster spot and fast.
I would suggest we move him before he becomes our next Kris Chucko TBQH..
This would allow us to focus on more forwards early on in this draft.