We move out Andersson for a powerhouse center like Iggy or Desnoyers, without trying to get anyone to fill Andersson's spot. Then we dress a schlub in that spot, which helps the tank so we also get a franchise player in the draft. That sounds a lot better than a Farabee/Frost and a second round pick and then a late season push to 18th overall?
Utah already has Cooley at C and they have both Iggy and Desnoyers coming up from the CHL. They have an abundance of very good, young forwards. What they don't have a lot of are defencemen. Their window is just starting to open now, and their backend would look a lot better with Sergachev Andersson as their top pair.
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