Goodrow was never doing so good that he had some higher place to fall off from. But inasmuch as I loathe to give him much credit for anything, he's also just recently back from injury and maybe it will take a little time for him to ramp up to the previously unremarkable standard I am accustomed to. Certainly seems to be true for Granlund, who actually was playing well before.
I actually think Anaheim will be better without Fowler. Mostly when I see Ducks fans whining about their veterans being the reason the team sucks, I laugh, because when I watch, I tend to be more impressed by the vets than the kids. The kids not taking the next step is why Anaheim is bad right now. But Fowler is the exception. He's truly awful.
After taking Goodrow for free, You'd think the price would be moderately doable.
Other teams will be after Kreider which could drive up the price a bit but not many contenders can take his full contract without sending money back or asking the Rangers to retain. I could see Colorado doing it if they put Landeskog on LTIR.
Considering his cost, value wise and cap wise, Colorado may be better off finding an upgrade at 2C. Mittelstadt is having a rough season and is a -16. I know +- isn't much, but it's telling when he's the worst forward in that department by a whopping -10. Bump him to 3C and bringing in, I dunno, Granlund for the 2nd line.
If we could land Kreider for 2nd+Thrun or something that would basically sort out next year's forward group even if we trade every pending UFA:
