majormajor
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I wonder if Brady Tkachuk might be an option, if Ottawa is also looking to change their team makeup (spitballing here).
As the top power forward Brady is one of the more valuable assets in the league, playmakers like Zegras don't have that type of value unless they're putting up 100 points.
I toyed with the idea of Jiricek for Zegras - the Ducks need a big minute RD with size and snarl, and maybe they can't get their guy in this draft. But I don't think the Jackets would want Zegras, he'd make them better surely but I don't think they would put more assets into playmakers, since they already have Gaudreau and Kent Johnson in that mold and need to get more serious players. That's the real issue with trading Zegras - that everyone wants to get more serious.
It's funny, I was watching the game last night, Z was doing well, scored a goal, & I wondered just how long it would take for the first "Hmmm, he's back from his broken ankle, let's see if the Ducks are willing to accept a bag of used pucks & a dozen new jocks for him..." thread to show up ... and here we are...
So far the two players people have suggested are Tkachuk and Keller, two point per game players. Pretty far from a bag of used pucks.