Value of: Brandt Clarke

[57special]

Bizarre that LAK would be looking to move Clarke after trading away RHD Faber and Durzi. Like, what is the plan? They knew when he was drafted that he was an offensive D...

 

[57special]

Could see the hawks all over Clarke

Rinzel + would be a nice offer, IMO, even though it wouldn't help LA this year, or maybe even the next. Rinzel can use some filling out, but he looks damn good at times, and, IMO, has a high ceiling. Skating like that on a 6'5" guy doesn't come along every day, and he's got puck skills.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

“Brandt can’t watch, or he has to pay a hundred”

 

[DRAGO 18]

Penguins should be all over this

I don't trade that NYR 1st though. Rakell++

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

Man i would love Clarke with the Habs but we have no good pieces that can help you guys today

 

[Benstheman]

Man i would love Clarke with the Habs but we have no good pieces that can help you guys today

No way they move Clarke.

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

No way they move Clarke.

With Rob Blake i woudlnt be too sure

 

[funky]

He's been good despite getting jerked around a lot by the Kings.

Doughty is back in the lineup, and Gavrikov is playing on the right side. I won't be surprised at all if one of Spence/Clarke is traded.

Barf, not at your post, but the thought that we should be trading off for more young right shot defenseman

I have not seen any LA defenseman since Vishnovsky have the offensive instincts that Clarke does

Play on a team that is starved for offense, you think you would celebrate at the chance of having an impact defenseman. I feel sad for the Kings forwards year after year sacrificing points because our system.

I would be more open to trading Spence if it is a true hockey trade that brings us a right shot scorer. Unfortunately, I don’t think he has much value around the league.

Plus, I’m probably in the minority, but I’d let Gavrikov walk and go after Rantanen in the off-season.

Rantanen is a true first line star in this league and would elevate Byfield’s game

But in order to do this, we need to keep both our young right shot defenseman

 

[Soundgarden]

Whatever LA wants from Nashville aside from our 1st.

 

[GRANdSharks]

He would be a perfect fit in San Jose, tho idk if a good deal is actually there for either side, id personally be willing to give up the Dallas first plus Ferraro or something along those lines.

 

[Scottkmlps]

They're not trading Clarke.

 

[deaderhead28]

Another night, another 5 minutes for Clarke in the dumbass 11-7 configuration, including no playing time in the 3rd period. Kings are deathly allergic to offensive defensemen, and are in a 'win-now' mode (whether we agree with it or not), so it seems Clarke is the piece with the most value that the org deems most expendable. Theyre going to be rolling out Anderson-Gavrikov Edmundson-Doughty Moverare (Spence/Clarke) for the forseeable future...and their needs are right shot PP forward and toughness/speed/go-to-net-hard-ness.

What would you give up for Clarke, and may include additional pieces like this or next years 1st, next years 2nd, and probably Liam Greentree? You may sub Spence for Clarke if you wish.

To preemptively answer your questions--YES, the organization is that stupid/self-sabotaging, no, futures don't work in this deal becasue see answer #1.

Not for trade.

I don't really think we know what a year in the AHL will, or won't do for Willander at this point. It's perfectly normal for players, especially in that sort of vein, to jump straight from NCAA after a couple years, right to the NHL. That may or may not be the case with Willander...but i think that when you're moving big pieces like Boeser and acquiring guys like Clarke, you've gotta take a bit of a longer-term view of how you're allocating your assets to create a balanced team, with ideally not too much potential, eventual redundancy.




To me, this would be an offer i'd jump on if i'm LA. However, it also raises an intriguing quasi-3-way potential as well. I'd be interested in something like:

To COL: Brandt Clarke.

To LAK: Brock Boeser.

To VAN: Cal Ritchie+.


But i'm probably unusually high on Calum Ritchie. It'd also solve the problem for Vancouver of losing a top-end offensive forward without replacing them.




There would be ways to work around it...but ultimately, i'm just not sure that it makes the most sense to acquire a guy like Clarke with a big trade chip like Boeser, with the intention of probably ending up moving a guy down the road anyway. It's the sort of thing Buffalo have backed themselves into a weird corner with (only LHD) with Dahlin, Power, Byram. I'm sure especially with RHD, you could find a way to make it work...but it seems like something that just adds steps to the process that don't need to be there, and complicate the sort of deals you end up having available to yourself to get "full value" on guys.

I also think it's still worth wondering how much you'd be able to pump up Clarke's value in Vancouver anyway. Because again...he's not necessarily going to get prime offensive minutes and Top Unit PP time there either. So long as Hughes is there...and Hronek probably slots in ahead of him in a lot of ways for Tocchet/Foote as well. So you're trading for an offensive-minded D and powerplay guy...to play on your low minutes 2nd Unit at best, and maybe not even a fixture there over Hronek.

And i don't see Hronek going anywhere anytime soon. Myers has little real value and also isn't likely going anywhere until his deal is done. And Willander shouldn't be looked at as a trade chip either, as he projects as exactly the sort of defenceman the Canucks actually need to round out their blueline perfectly. More so than Clarke. So it'd end up being a weird prospective "flipping opportunity" with Clarke...where, i'd prefer to see them actually just skip that step and try to move Boeser for something that can backfill that loss up front, sooner rather than later.

No thanks, Clarke is worth more to the Kings.