What I'd hope for is that we sign Nico Sturm, and two of Anthony Beauvillier, Andrew Mangiapane, Taylor Raddysh, Joel Armia, Alex Iafallo, or Brandon Tanev. I'd probably be willing to sign Marner or maybe Ehlers but I'd avoid the Bennett/Nelson second tier of free agents as I think those are the most likely to not be worth their contracts. Probably have to trade for a top 6 guy which is fine with me.
I think there's a lot of truth to it, although very few truly elite players make it to FA these days. But yes those that do, never seem to go there. Tavares and the Sharks is a good example of that from a few years back - i seem to remember him strongly considering going there, but ultimately choosing Toronto. I know the Sharks made a big push.
Yup. I don’t think it’s particularly close either, at least as of now
Yeah but his car has a significantly higher chance of being stolen again in SF/SJ than it does in Newport lol
True. They don't have a LaCombe or a proven Dostal/Gibson duo. They got Askarov but he's raw and inexperienced. Dickinson could play next year but his defense is gonna be really bad as we've seen how Sennecke makes him look bad in the OHL. They still need a few Dmen behind Dickinson, Shakir, Cagnoni, and Thrun. Thrun hasn't improved offensively at all.
I would much rather take advantage of Dallas' cap situation in the form of taking back cap and getting Bourque with it.
Seguin has a full NMC (and there’s a chance he LTIRetries anyway). If Dallas is forced to move cap out, it’s going to be someone like Dumba. Maybe Marchment if they get desperate, but that would probably be a last resort.
Ya not 100% saying we should do that exactly, just an example of using our cap space.
Definitely will need more value going to NYI. Strome is fine, but he shouldn't have much value in a trade like this. The gap between Dobson and Zell is pretty large at the moment.
It’s a common thought that one of Mintyukov/Zellweger will be moved soon. I think the goal would be to trade one of them for an established top 6 player though. Don’t think Chinakhov fits the Ducks needs at the moment.
I was actually thinking about guys lower in the depth chart, like Hinds or Solberg. But I get it if Chinakhov isn't the type you need.
Hinds we would most likely do, not Solberg though. I would be more interested in Chinakhov if he were right handed, but that still doesn’t completely disqualify him for me.
Hinds/zellweger could be moved, think they kinda are odd man out. But I imagine, they’ll be moved as part of a package for a bigger piece.
