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Originally Posted by Toonage
Trade Valimaki or Kylington for a depth D?
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Lol no! That's stupid. Acquire a solid LHD to caddy one of them during the playoffs, trade the other as part of a package for someone like mark stone. I thought my preference would be to keep vali but kylington has looked way better than I anticipated.
Reasons not to acquire simmonds:
- -42 over last three seasons
- in last 2 playoff appearances, has only 4 assists and 0 goals in 12 games as a top 6 forward. His last 'good' playoffs were 5 years ago.
- slower skater and seems to have pretty high contract expectations
- where would he go on the roster? Wont produce much of anything on the 4th line but he doesn't deserve to bump anyone else down.
- I really think that people think hes tough mostly because hes black, which is hella uncool. Hes not overly big or heavy, and though he hits well and fights occasionally I would say hes closer to a kunitz type than a reaves. Or like scott hartnell but smaller. No disrespect to wayne, but I think hes been miscast because of skin colour.