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Originally Posted by heep223
Without knowing the Wild's center depth or who Folin is, this makes a lot of sense.
Contrary to many others, I think Stajan is a perfect 4th line C for this team moving forward and a great mentor for the kids. I would say that Granlund doesn't bring much that we don't already have in Backlund who is a great 3rd line C on our future contending team....with Monahan and (hopefully) Bennett at 1-2 we are set down the middle. If Granlund can't convert to RW he gan'
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Christian Folin is basically this years Danny DeKeyser. He came out of the college ranks as an All-Star, and basically looks like a balanced all round minutes eater. Jonothan Blum fell out of favour, but I'm not exactly sure why, considering he was highly thought of a one time. Backstrom is a backup at this stage in his career.
I wonder if this is an opportunity to give the Wild an upgrade in goal and C/wing in order to pluck a prospect like Folin out of there. We may be overspending, but there are ways to balance out a trade. No other team would give us value on Granlund like they would.