Shattenkirk isn't going to be traded. It would send a very bad message to potential free agent targets. Zibby on the other hand I would deal in a heartbeat. I have been very underwhelmed by him to this point. Injury prone and lacks intensity and consistency. Doesn't seem like the kind of player that you win with.
lol true, poor wording on my part. I'd be surprised if they're a bottom 5 team next year.
I wonder if Montreal would trade their pick for Zibanejad. They desperately need centers, and likely aren't going to get one in the top-10 of the draft. I like Zib, but I don't know he is someone to build around long-term, and if we can get another top-10 pick+, and with A bunch of centers in the pipeline it won't hurt as much as it would have prior to this season.
I would. Maybe we can get them to add another piece, but it wouldn't be a deal breaker if they didn't.
I feel like Raanta is always forgotten about in that trade, which made it even tougher to swallow at the time.
Hard to say. Zbad isn't old by any stretch of the imagination and he's a proven NHL player while a 5OA player isn't necessarily.
Look at Vegas. Barely a single impact player on the whole team, but they make it work well enough to run their conference. Literally every player on their team is playing above all reasonable expectations imo.
