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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Marner is a good player. That isn't what is in dispute here.
However, the idea is to build a team. We have a Marner. We need centers, we need speed and physicality.
Trading Tkachuk for Marner just means we need about 3 more big deals in order to build a more balanced team. Why not just go straight to building the more balanced team, instead of taking a step in the wrong direction, just to acquire Marner?
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The team is deficient at RW and adequate at center. Unfortunately the organization is in win now mode so long term decision making isn't high priority. Centers are overpriced. PLD really isn't that great and look at how many teams were interested. What center can you bring in from another team that's going to move the needle for a win-now team? You think Sam Reinhart would have a bigger impact than Marner? I don't.