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Originally Posted by MattyC
So why would you want to trade someone who is only a couple years older than those mentioned and has already solidified himself as that player?
Knight is at danger of being leapfrogged by Arnold, #4, Reinhart, Granlund, etc..
Jankowski should be in your top 6 (ie not necessarily at centre) or not on your team at all if his projection goes the way it should.
I think Backlund is our Jarret Stoll-type shutdown centerman, a peice that people often think is easily replacable but I beg to differ. Guys that can do it consistently and have offensive punch are not easy to come by.
And just because he potentially ends up on your 4th line, it does not make him a replacable 4th line player (see: Mike Richards).
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If you have one of the sams or Draisaitl, plus Monahan, then you're set in the top two center positions. We can get by for the time being with Stajan as the #3 guy until one of the prospects emerge. It's not like I'm saying to trade Backs for crap, we'd be getting another player that's better than Sven, closer to Monahan in talent.