This thread is comedy gold, fantastic (
subscribed!). Almost on the level of the Teemu thread with the goal total that is unacceptable.
On a serious note, I am everything but a fan of Fowler, but would rather buy out Bieksa and protect Fowler, than let him go for less than a very good, young and cost controlled forward. He is already underrated on the Ducks board, but he is even more underrated around here, interesting.
Fowler, IMO, is a #2 d-men, fantastic skater, average shot (that additionally does not find the net enough of times), able to carry his partner and adapt his play to him (the reason he is not jumping the play is not because he has not the tools for it, but because he is not playing with partners that allow him to do it without getting burned) and dislikes contact way too much for a d-men (for me this is his only serious flaw). I remember a
joke interview when Fowler was asked "Ben Lovejoy or Nick Lidstrom?", so it seems the players around him are also quite aware of his partner (and I was and still am a Lovejoy fan, but he is not a top 4 d-men).
Now to add something the humour side, I was for it that we trade Vatanen+ for Girardi a few seasons back, so maybe Fowler really sucks when I think of it.