Surefire is your word, not mine. Trust me, you won't need to teabag ASP for a while. Why must Zegras be pursued at all? He is a nice 20-25 goal scorer who can't effectively play center in the top-six. He is a nice player who makes the forward group better, but hardly a unicorn bringing us a cup. More importantly, why is Anaheim shopping him exactly? Is Anaheim shopping him?
Buried? You misspelled developing. And how exactly ASP excludes Edvinsson? Lighthouse and a flaslight, they don't even play the same role, Yzerman literally said after the draft that we didn't have a defenseman like ASP. And Ed has not been given a chance? 11 NHL games + pre-season camp just for giggles? Not to even mention that ASP is not even close to be NHL ready, people have way too unrealistic expectations on NHL readiness. At earliest ASP is ready 3 years from now.
He is a controversial player, but what he will be is a point per player or even more. Copp isnt what he can be traded for. He is not an Unicorn, but Larkin and Zegras the 1-2 punch would be something that most other teams would drool to have.
I can see your argument with verbeek, but I just don't understand why you would just get rid of this guy because of that reason. But that's not for me to decide or judge, I suppose.
IF there is a chance to get Zegras i think wings should pursue it hard. It's not like you can get such a player for scraps. Maybe i overplayed the depth where Edvinsson is buried, but if there is a chance to swap him to Zegras, you have to agree that it has to be taken. It was just a proposition, not some actual offer...
I f***ing love defensive issues
You have to do no such thing. The same reasons Yzerman took Seider instead of Zegras applies to keeping Ed over Zegras.
Just trade Ghost w/ 50% retained for whatever and give that icetime to Ed. Easy.
I don't think he's the guy you sell your farm for, the question was is it worth pursuing. I think you always gotta check right?
The fact that you think Zegras and Edvinsson is even close to 1-1, i know it sounds bad but if Wings want Zegras its going to be Edvinsson+
Zegras doesn't look like he will be a center in this league. I think he has a ton of talent, so I can absolutely wrap my head around picking him up. But if the plan is to play him in the top 6 at center I just really don't see that. Now is Zegras the kind of guy you hope fits out on the wing and breaks games with an industrious center... Larkin, Compher, Kasper, Danielson, even Copp and Veleno are all industrial center 200 foot players by nature. He represents the kind of wing talent that can break open offense and feed a dependable team. I don't know if Yzerman is going to pull the trigger on this though. Really cannot blame him, but one of the reasons you establish a good culture should be to turn the odd player around. It can be risky, but you really cannot be risk adverse in professional sports and hope to win championships.
Being around Larkin , Yzerman and our culture could change that. He is only 22 and has a lot of potential and proven abilities.
