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Originally Posted by Ped
Coleman is a really good player but he is not "top tier talent"
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I'm not sure if San Jose really needs top tier talent. They have it, in house with Celebrini, Smith, Dickenson, Misa and Musty. They need to raise the floor.
In my posted trade, Coleman slides into a strong third line role with Wennberg and Graf. Pachel moves into the third pairing role with Mukamadullin/Dickenson.
Big jumps on the floor, pushing Kurashev to the 4c, pushing out Ostapchuk and Pachel pushing out Desharnais. In terms of keeping the puck out of the net, and offensive pressure, that's a huge jump forward, and it costs them something that they don't really need, in McKinney and the Oilers 1st.
That trade would be a coaches dream.