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FanIn80 · 08-28-2019, 06:15 PM

If you’re like me, and still convinced that a sizeable contract needs to be shipped out, and you’re also like me, in that you’d still prefer to gain something other than cap space...

I guess what I’m saying is, if you want to move some $$ but you don’t want to just have the movement of those $$ be the only worthwhile return, then who do you move?

To me, now that Valimaki is out, there are only two contracts that we can possibly move out in order to make room and not do a ton of damage to our depth:

Backlund
Frolik

Since the primary goal is to shed $$, then ideally we’d want some combo of picks/prospects in return. If the secondary goal is to actively make the organization better, then the trade option has be Backlund over Frolik.

So which would you do? Dump cap space and settle for whatever you can get back (trade Frolik), or dump cap space and get a decent pick/prospect in return (trade Backlund)?

In order to answer that question, a precursor has to be answered: do we have a player that can absorb enough of Backlund’s role to allow us to turn a potential “get what we can” deal into a “get something we want” deal?

Is Ryan that player, and if so, who fills Ryan’s current role?

08-28-2019, 06:15 PM	#1
FanIn80 GOAT! Join Date: Jun 2006 Exp:	Can Ryan take on Backlund’s role; is Backlund who we trade? If you’re like me, and still convinced that a sizeable contract needs to be shipped out, and you’re also like me, in that you’d still prefer to gain something other than cap space... I guess what I’m saying is, if you want to move some $$ but you don’t want to just have the movement of those $$ be the only worthwhile return, then who do you move? To me, now that Valimaki is out, there are only two contracts that we can possibly move out in order to make room and not do a ton of damage to our depth: Backlund Frolik Since the primary goal is to shed $$, then ideally we’d want some combo of picks/prospects in return. If the secondary goal is to actively make the organization better, then the trade option has be Backlund over Frolik. So which would you do? Dump cap space and settle for whatever you can get back (trade Frolik), or dump cap space and get a decent pick/prospect in return (trade Backlund)? In order to answer that question, a precursor has to be answered: do we have a player that can absorb enough of Backlund’s role to allow us to turn a potential “get what we can” deal into a “get something we want” deal? Is Ryan that player, and if so, who fills Ryan’s current role?