I don't understand why Guerin has been (rumored to be) in a hurry to move Rossi, when all Rossi has done is heeded the advice he's received, improved every single year without fail, plays a very important position, and, if he continues to progress this year, does it at a level that is quite good.
They just need to understand that having one of Eriksson Ek, Rossi or (prospectively) Yurov as the 3rd line center would be a great strength.
Any Billy Blunders in next couple years could signal the end of Kaprizov, so careful what you wish for.
I mean, if the return is high enough anyone and everyone should be fair game for a trade. That said, I think Billy is a fool to trade Rossi for anything less than a slam dunk W trade. I think Rossi is just getting better and better..
Obviously if there's a trade out there that makes us better (not that the Gretzky trade made Edmonton better), then by all means. But if he trades him because he's 5'9" and it allows him to bring in another Trenin or two, I would find it to be a high probability of a mistake.
I don't think so. Just using it as an example of how a Rossi trade could be displeasing to me. Let's not pretend that he doesn't have an affinity for those types of players. Just loosely piecing that together with all of the Rossi trade smoke from last year (which I am mostly hoping is just smoke).
At some point you have to look at Guerin at how bad Iowa is and how it's affecting the prospects.
Gotcha. I was wondering if you were targeting trading Fiala as the comparable while Foligno/Hartman both received mid sized contracts (Zucc too, but he produces).
