I'd target our own prospects, LHV starts up in a week, so we'll get to see Hogberg, Wylie, Zamula and Millman and how they're progressing.
Then in April, we'll probably add York and St Ivany and maybe Attard.
Once Myers returns, we're filling the #6 spot if we can't find a combo out of Friedman, Gus, Braun and Hagg that's serviceable - not worth spending real assets.
The problem with picking up other team's trash is well, they wouldn't be available if they weren't trash for the most part. Even if they played better in the past, hitting waivers is not a good sign. And players on the trading block? Unless a team has excess talent and is looking to patch a hole elsewhere, buyer beware.
Dunn is a good example, a good offensive defenseman who is so bad defensively they're looking to dump him at 24, don't we already have one of those guys? Is it worth spending assets on another or would we be better off trying to coach up Gus?
After the St. Louis Blues lost 6-3 to the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday, head coach
Craig Berube took the podium to answer questions. When asked about
Vince Dunn’s tough night, he let slip some of his feelings on the defenseman’s rough night.
Gotta play better. Can’t get walked one-on-one. I dunno. We’ll keep that in house and talk to him about it.
Berube explained his reasoning even further
to Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic, saying that Dunn “has to keep the game in front of him more than anything” and limit the turnovers he has been known to give up.