Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
If you trade:
Monahan
Tkachuk
Valimaki
Zary
1st
For
Eichel
Hall
Olofsson
You still have:
Gaudreau-Eichel-Olofsson
Hall-Lindholm-Dube
Lucic-Backlund-Mangiapane
Bennett-Ryan-Ritchie
Your defense is still:
Gio-Andersson
Hanifin-Tanev
Kylington-Nestorov/Stone/Mackey.
The third pairing sucks.
Would you rather try and find 3rd pairing defensemen like Derek Forbert or try and find a #1C?
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You also have no 1st this year, and no 1st from last year, and traded a 1st in Valimaki who is expect to step into the top 4 , as early as next year especially if Seattle selects a D
And if you're assuming Hall signs here after the deal, we can just sign him for free without the deal and add to roster as a FA (Not sure we can afford - Pretty sure we can't)
So we have seriously weakened our player pipeline to dress a top 6 lineup that looks like this next year assuming Hall signs
Gaudreau-Eichel-Olofsson
Hall-Lindholm-Dube
Vs
Gaudreau-Monny- MT (Or if you trade him somewhere else for a low salary player to sign Hall + other asset)
Hall-Lindholm-Dube
This moves the needle and makes us a Stanley Cup threat? Cause we are mortgaging our future to put this top 6 out there for next year.
(I am writing this year off as OVER - So only caring about next year. Which is why Hall is irrelevant)