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Speculation: Potential TDL adds we can get?
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FrolikFan67
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This makes no sense to me, because you’d either trade for him as a rental or for the intention of signing him longterm.
He’d cost way too much just to be a rental since we don’t have the picks or prospects to make that happen so it’ll take roster players. We’re not trading Lundell and I doubt Samoskevich too just for a rental, as good as he is.
And I don’t think they’d sign him longterm. He’s asking for way too much, would make a good chunk of change more than Barkov does, and I just don’t see the point if that’s the case. We already have our top guys locked in. Barkov, Reinhart, tkachuk, Verhaeghe, even Lundell. And they’re signed at reasonable cap hits. Just add depth. That top end talent is fantastic so just continue adding depth with the available and increasing cap space. Not to mention we’ll need to either re-sign Ekblad or find another top-4 D. Since they have Lundell, would they entertain sending Bennett there if he’s asking for too much? Or the reverse, if they have a deal lined up for Bennett, do they trade Lundell? I don’t see either realistically happening.
The rental option would be the more likely scenario but you’d need to trade samo++. Similar to Tippett for giroux but I was ok with that one. They went all in that year and I was cool with it and we lost that gamble. I know our team is completely different now vs then but would they entertain a similar move? If they’re worried that they may not be able to keep Ekblad and/or Bennett, maybe he does swing for the fences while he still has this roster? I don’t see it but damn that’d certainly be interesting
He’d cost way too much just to be a rental since we don’t have the picks or prospects to make that happen so it’ll take roster players. We’re not trading Lundell and I doubt Samoskevich too just for a rental, as good as he is.
And I don’t think they’d sign him longterm. He’s asking for way too much, would make a good chunk of change more than Barkov does, and I just don’t see the point if that’s the case. We already have our top guys locked in. Barkov, Reinhart, tkachuk, Verhaeghe, even Lundell. And they’re signed at reasonable cap hits. Just add depth. That top end talent is fantastic so just continue adding depth with the available and increasing cap space. Not to mention we’ll need to either re-sign Ekblad or find another top-4 D. Since they have Lundell, would they entertain sending Bennett there if he’s asking for too much? Or the reverse, if they have a deal lined up for Bennett, do they trade Lundell? I don’t see either realistically happening.
The rental option would be the more likely scenario but you’d need to trade samo++. Similar to Tippett for giroux but I was ok with that one. They went all in that year and I was cool with it and we lost that gamble. I know our team is completely different now vs then but would they entertain a similar move? If they’re worried that they may not be able to keep Ekblad and/or Bennett, maybe he does swing for the fences while he still has this roster? I don’t see it but damn that’d certainly be interesting
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