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Originally Posted by FanIn80
I'm not quite up to speed on Eklund, but he kinda seems like another Pelletier/Zary/Coronato? Someone who seems like they could be top-six, but could just as easily be middle or bottom six?
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But having 4 of these types of guys allows for 1 or 2 to be somewhat of a bust and play 3rd line and hopefully you hit on 1 being a 1st line player.
I'd love to keep Lindholm but if we trade him, I'd way rather get Eklund than some elite teams lottery protected 1st in 24 as a key piece. Even if we have to take Couture.
Also having 4 young guys like this allows Conroy to take a hard look at Backlund, Mangiapane, Dube or any of our guys that will be wanting big raises or hitting an age where we just can't keep the player anymore.