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Originally Posted by Sofa GM
The Stars make sense but they are a tough trading partner. Bourque is a mediocre return and just adds another middle meddling forward. Even with a high draft pick, it is likely to be very late in the round.
Would love to get Bischel but it makes no sense for the Stars to move him since he is cost controlled and already a formidable piece of their defense.
Outside of those pieces the Stars don’t have much of interest.
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I disagree about it not making sense to move Bischel. There is no room for him in the organization to be anything other than a 3rd pair D. He is the 4th LD on the depth chart. Once Harley gets extended there won't be room for Bischel in the top 4 in the next 4-5 years.
They can definitely string him along during his ELC but he is going to want out very quickly to get to a team that has room for him in their top 4.
If Nill wants to address the needs of the Stars, he is going to need to move out assets to get what he wants (namely #1/2RD, #2LW, and cap relief over the next 2 seasons). C and LD are the two positions where he has depth to barter away.
My probem is that Bischel isn't enough and he doesn't address our primary organizational need (C).