I would like to see a goal-scoring RW for Jankowski's line. Not sure that Pacioretty is my first choice, would rather have Hoffman. But for sake of argument, what would you give up to get Hoffman, Patches, or <insert reasonable candidate here>?
I would much rather give up Fox than Valimaki, due to the flight risk (not saying it's high, it just isn't zero because Harvard students tend to go the 4 years). I also think Fox has a lot of value, especially to eastern US teams.
On D, my willingness-to-pay order would be:
Fox
Kylington
Andersson
Valimaki
On forward, my least favourite loss would be Dube. I would probably put my willingness-to-pay order as:
Any of: Klimchuk, Poirier, Shinkaruk, and anyone not listed below
Any of the 2nd tier junior guys: Lindstrom, Ruzicka, Tuulola
Foo
Mangiapane
Dube
In net:
Gillies
Parsons
Overall, my do hate-to-lose-them list would be (in order):
Parsons
Dube
Valimaki
Mangiapane
Kylington
Gillies
Andersson
Fox
If we could get Hoffman for something like Fox + Mangiapane, I would do that. But I wouldn't want to tear up our prospect list much more than that.
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