This explains your position and I can respect that. He was not my favorite player, so while he was fine to have around, IMO he wasn't a difference maker for this club. I put Boll in the same category, they have their place in the game, but to say that you'd trade Gaborik for Dorsett straight up (correct me if I'm wrong) I think is way off base.
You are correct, I would trade them straight up, for a few reasons, no he's not a game breaker but he is a rock solid third line player and effective penalty killer with a little scoring touch and a great leader in the room. I don't agree that he took "dumb" penalties, most of his penalties were off setting, majors or hustle penalties, not lazy penalties or dumb penalties.
But one of the main reasons I said that, and didn't expand on because I was at work, was the price tag, Gaborik 7.5 million, Dorse maybe a million, so you have 6 million to go sign someone that doesn't float and you have a replacement and upgrade for Umberger, who you can buyout at years end. Not to mention he was a huge fan favorite and left it all on the ice every night. I would take a guy like that, who's hustling, and playing his ass off, over a high priced floater all day long. His energy was contagious. Gaborik isn't going to be back and the best we are looking at is a 2nd rounder or late first rounder that is 4 years+ away from having a shot at the team.
