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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
I keep seeing proposals for prominent RHD like this. People realize we have our top 2 RHD in place with the Tanev signing, right? There’s definitely no way we have Anderson back to the third pair.
If RHD are being added it’s of the 6/7 or PTO variety. Much more attention should go towards upgrading our forward group right now, IMO.
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Gaudreau for ekblad gets us a
young core player to continue this era of flames around.
I'm personally not of the opinion that 30 year old Tanev is an immediate core member the team is building around. I could see him on any of the 3 pairs to be honest (ie. could see him filling in on Brodie's spot with Giordano, OR having giordano/andersson as the top pair and pairing Hanifin with tanner, OR using tanev as he was used in Vancouver which is as a partner to a young dman, in this case playing with Valimaki).
Given the league's shortage of quality RHD, using Gaudreau to get a possible #1 RHD, and suddenly being RHD-heavy is a situation I'd be more than happy to see the flames be in. Every year, there's more than enough team's in the hunt for RHD.