Speculation: 2024/25 Trade Rumours, Speculation etc Thread

[Flair Hay]

What does do Laughton do different than Gus does?

 

[Buffdog]

What does do Laughton do different than Gus does?

Scores at 3X the rate

 

[voyageur]

What does do Laughton do different than Gus does?

The easy answer is score more. He's also tougher.

 

[voyageur]

I'd be leaving the top 9 as is and use Laughton as a 4C that can move up if need be. I think having him there may help Iafallo provide some more depth offense.

I'd go Iafallo-Lowry-Ehlers with Samberg-Pionk driving offense from hard matchups.

Laughton-Namestnikov-Perfetti, more edge than what Ehlers brings to that line. I'd still play Ehlers with the bigger physical players come playoffs.

Nino is in a bit of a funk. But he's a guy Arny can trust on board battles in the defensive zone. Kupari brings the speed.

Appleton has to play better. But a Barron/Appleton matchup for the final roster spot would be a good battle. and some depth. Both are trusted with d-zone starts. Gustafsson knows his role as a depth center. He's accepted it, and that's a good team player. I think you have Ford and Lambert as options at RW too, so that could be the last add up front, unless you get a future considerations deal.

 

[BobTheSolarsystem]

What does do Laughton do different than Gus does?

Slightly smaller and skates slower
Scores more
Gets PP1 time somehow
Worse FO% and corsi
Anchors PK thats worse than the Jets
More vocal about LGBTQ rights

I'd go Iafallo-Lowry-Ehlers with Samberg-Pionk driving offense from hard matchups.

Laughton-Namestnikov-Perfetti, more edge than what Ehlers brings to that line. I'd still play Ehlers with the bigger physical players come playoffs.

Nino is in a bit of a funk. But he's a guy Arny can trust on board battles in the defensive zone. Kupari brings the speed.

Appleton has to play better. But a Barron/Appleton matchup for the final roster spot would be a good battle. and some depth. Both are trusted with d-zone starts. Gustafsson knows his role as a depth center. He's accepted it, and that's a good team player. I think you have Ford and Lambert as options at RW too, so that could be the last add up front, unless you get a future considerations deal.

Laughton-Names-Perfetti will get destroyed in the playoffs. No size and no speed.

 

[bustamente]

Chevy needs to stay away from guys on the back half of their careers, if you do a trade get a guy with speed and some scoring touch, wont be a easy find if any are even available and want to come here

 

[Turin]

Laughton imo is not the play at all. Schenn, Nelson and Mittelstadt could theoretically be an upgrade on Namestnikov at 2C but I think Names is a genuinely better player than Laughton.

 

[gojetsgo]

Laughton imo is not the play at all. Schenn, Nelson and Mittelstadt could theoretically be an upgrade on Namestnikov at 2C but I think Names is a genuinely better player than Laughton.

imo the only reason to go after laughton is for injury insurance, probably run the same top 9 centers with scheif/lowry/names and having him just incase one goes down over kup/gus

 

[tbcwpg]

Chevy needs to stay away from guys on the back half of their careers, if you do a trade get a guy with speed and some scoring touch, wont be a easy find if any are even available and want to come here

I think the NTC stuff is much less relevant when it comes to deadline deals, especially for pending UFAs. It's a couple of months in a Cup race, compared to 5 more full seasons. But scoring will be much harder to find.

Laughton I'm not super excited about if he comes but I think this team just could use depth mostly.

 

[Hunter368]

imo the only reason to go after laughton is for injury insurance, probably run the same top 9 centers with scheif/lowry/names and having him just incase one goes down over kup/gus

Exactly

He’s not a real top 6 forward, Chevy isn’t messing with the 3rd line chemistry once Lowry is back, so that makes him a upgrade over Gus or Kul on the 4th line assuming Names is replaced at 2C by a trade and is bumped down to 4C.

So Laughton becomes a 4th liner and a injury replacement higher in the lineup if needed