For us I agree that it shouldn't lower the price but it certainly does for teams that trade an established top 6 center for a dman that had been sidelined for almost a year and earlier this season.
Agree 100% - Not a realistic option - he should be off the table completely.
That would be a nasty top 6 but in order to fit him I guess we would've to buy out or trade EJ, Byram going the other way and probably more. That would cripple us defensively running with :
I remember reading a post on here saying that cups are won primarily because of 1C and you can forgo a 1D. We have Makar as our 1D as well as solid 2D in Toews. I was thinking something like:
That forward group would be awesome but I wouldn't trust this defense against a heavy forecheck team ala Vegas. I think we're underrating EJ's presence so far this year he has been a really good all around dman. Steady, block shots, plays physical and can contribute offensively. Byram's reads has been so impressive so far he could've scored at least 2-3 goals against Nashville if shots weren't blocked.
Speculating with the season Kadri is having his ask will be too high. Then we are praying Newhook takes 2C and if he doesn't our C depth is pretty bad.
That doesn’t help him put up points this year
Avs fans are just mad because we dont want to give them our best asset for one of their disposable players. I mean if Canucks would trade with Avs, it would be Boeser for Byram not Horvat for Girard. Or even Horvat for Byram makes a lot more sense than Horvat for Girard. One bad season for Horvat which he still does somethings right like faceoffs and his value drops worst than Enron stocks.
Because this year everyone seems bad. Why is Boeser not producing? Pettersson? Doesnt mean we shpuld trade all of them for a bag of pucks. Teams make stupidest trades when they are struggling. Hope Benning is not authorized to do any trades unless he is trading scrubs.
