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Really hoping Conroy can pull off some solid returns for these UFAs. I really struggle to get a sense of what tanev should return. He has a well-deserved reputation around the league as a solid shutdown defenceman who is a warrior on the ice. The media love to praise those kind of guys so it might lift his value as lots of fan bases would accept paying a decent price for him due to that reputation.

But watching Tanev so far this year… he seems like he has lost quite a bit of that solid play he has always had. Feels like he has been guilty of so many giveaways and mental mistakes that he never used to make. Those kind of things happen to every player eventually of course. This is not a recency bias because of what happened tonight against Minnesota… I’ve seen it all season. I thought Tanev was playing the worst of the 5 regular defencemen (including Zadorov) in the line up for most of the season so far. I wonder if scouts for teams interested in Tanev have seen the same thing and teams are only willing to pay so much for what he is right now.

So after the poor return for Zadorov, I really don’t know what Tanev should return in a trade. No doubt he is a warrior who can make some big shot blocks. And his reputation may still garner a good return.