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Originally Posted by PepsiFree

And I’m saying that Weegar, Tanev, Andersson, Kylington, Zadorov, Stone is still an improvement over Tanev, Andersson, Hanifin, Kylington, Zadorov, Gudbranson. It’s not like anyone was thrilled with Zadorov or Gudbranson at the start of the season, there were articles calling them terrible through training camp, so I’m not sure what good counting out Stone/Mackey/Valimaki does.

The top end of our defensive core has been improved so much so that we could afford to lose some in the middle or bottom end of it. It wouldn’t be switching it back to where it was defensively, and obvious the improvement at C would remain untouched, so I don’t get it really. There’s also always the chance you swing a 2nd line scoring RW and a Kylington/Zadorov/Gudbranson level guy in a Hanifin move. Not everything has to be one for one.

And again, not that we have to. Not that we’ll be screwed if we don’t. But that we’re in a position where it would make sense. Simple as that.



No one who has read my posts would reasonably come to that conclusion, given the number of times I’ve reiterated the same point to make it clear (see above). Some people just want to argue in circles, I guess?

Even so, many of us would object to moving a young top 4 defenseman on a team-friendly contract for a second line winger and a bottom pair defenceman, especially when there isn’t enough cap space for those assets that would be returning