Savard already on the third pair , Matheson is there by Default. Guhle can play top minutes. Yeah I get it we need someone better but if you get a great top 6 player on a base with Matheson , shoot him to the sun. We got him from Petry and Poehling lmao.
Im 100% sure Guhle can play on the PP instead of Matheson. Also Matheson had a season record , big chances he won't reproduce that and he probably cost us more defensively that he gives us offensively.
He's the type of asset we can trade for something good in return
If we can't build a defense with Reinbacher Mailloux Hutson Harris Guhle Jackeye Struble and Engstrom in the pipeline and a 1 vet on the third pair then the problem is not in the lineup but higher.
Hutson will take care of the PP soon enough.......
The question is do they need to trade that asset to get a top 6 forward?
Cause love it or hate it, Matheson has a hell of a price tag for what he brings.
Slafkvosky, Suzuki, Caufield, Dach.
We need to find 2 more and with that 5th overall, it's probably just one more we need to find.
We have a tons of assets to make it happen, from prospects, picks to cap space and roster players.
Trading Matheson is just not the first option I would explore.....they got Dach for Romanov, I'm sure there would be better options.