There seems to be a lot more defensemen on the market than usual right now. A RHD would be nice, but my concern is price. Toronto will be bidding on any good one thats out there.
If the market is suddenly flooded with defensemen, great. That means the premium on defense would finally be leveled some, it's been a little ridiculous as of late. Even bottom pairing defensemen area asking for 2.5-3m/yr and you have to give up 2nd's and 1sts, f*** that.
The thing I am curious about is what this GM/Coach thinks is our "keepers" on defense.
Letang - Obvious reasons.
Dumoulin - Bad season so far, but he'll turn it around.
Pettersson - We just got him, has had more good moments than bad, someone feed him please.
Schultz - We NEED him and people that were ok moving him, sit down and shut up.
Riikola - If only because of his contract and potential, it's dumb for us to move him based on his value, but his value to this team can be even more if this staff lets him play.
The rest? I don't give a f*** if they are all traded in 1 trade.
Maatta - Dude just has not progressed like he should have, he's in his 6th season.
Oleksiak - Make him a forward or admit you can't fix him because you stopped figuring out how to fix defensemen after Schultz.
Johnson - Whatever...
Ruhwedel - He's depth, neither here nor there, but at his price, better for depth than to lose him and have to use Czuzuzuzuzuchcmaman.