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Originally Posted by rain_e
I'm really surprised how high everyone is valuing Ferland. Chia must be rubbing off on everyone.
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I am honestly a bit surprised on how highly everyone values Dube; I like the guy but I have a hard time figuring out where he slots for the future at centre behind Monahan/Backlund/Jankowski. Is he going to be better than any of those three guys in the next five years (the Gaudreau/Monahan window)?
If Dube and a second gets me Ferland and I have any hope/belief that I can keep him (which I hold out hope we could), I'm okay doing that for what I think can be a middle six winger who can occasionally slot higher. It's not necessarily that I think Ferland has a higher ceiling than Dube - but for where we are as a team and where Dube is in his development, it's a cost I'd be okay with.
All that being said, goalie is still our biggest weakness moving forward and it's not close. We have in my opinion one serviceable goalie in our entire system and that doesn't appear to be solving itself without a trade.