With ADA I think it’s easy to get caught up in individual production. By that I mean that it’s easy to look at moving ADA in isolation and say we won’t replace that level of offense. The truth is that we likely wouldn’t — from a single player.
But in the event that ADA is traded, I don’t think the objective is to necessarily replace offensive production in fell swoop.
The idea would be that Fox gives you 80 percent of that production and superior all-around play, while Lundkvist gives you some production and you make yourself stronger in another area (let’s say center for example).
Maybe a Trouba, Fox, Lundkvist trip gives you 20 let’s points than a Trouba, Fox, ADA trio, but that difference is made up by giving up less goals and bolstering another part of the roster.
I say that because one of the fears with moving ADA is that we’d be losing a unique, individual offensive player. And we would. But the question is can we build a better overall team with the return he’d bring back, the money we’d utilize differently, and the other RD we’d have coming in shortly?
