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Originally Posted by activeStick
Vancouver media also used the Tkachuk deal as the comparable for a Hughes trade with the caveat that Hughes is the better player, so the return would need to be better. They're thinking a top 6 forward like Huberdeau, a top 4 defenceman like Weegar, a 1st, and a better prospect than Schwindt.
If I'm the Devils, I just wait until Hughes is available for free though.
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Sure, but if you’re the Devils. Why wait? You’ve got a leg up on the rest of the league to bring in the second best, arguably, defence man in the world. If you’re trying to win cups, you probably need to consider that seriously.
These opportunities are fleeting. GM’s, who want to win, need to be proactive. Waiting two years seems lazy. What if the Devils continue to be first round fodder? Is Quinn placing playing with his brothers above everything else? Sure, he may want to play with his brothers and he likely will at international tournaments but life has a lot of offer elsewhere too.
Further, hasn’t Rutherford also just, indirectly, put pressure of Fitzgerald? Gaurantee led if you go over to New Jersey Puck right now there’s a thread or two of Devils fans saying, we need Quinn here, now. Same goes for the media in NJ, I bet they’re asking or are going to be about bringing in all the Hughes boys together. I’m not convinced Fitzgerald can be as nonchalant about this as ‘well, we can get him for ‘free’ in two years anyway, so, whatever’.