Can we talk about Trocheck versus other options for a second line center during the offseason? It seems that virtually everyone here agreed that we needed to solve the issue of a second line center, or at least if you thought Chytil could fill the role, we needed a third line center.
Other options during the offseason that people wanted were:
Andrew Copp: 5 goals, 25 points so far through the first half on a team that is underperforming. Not that they were expected to be playoffs, but everybody thought they would contend at least.
Ryan Strome: 10 goals, 25 points, and minus a billion. On a team that had aspirations to take the next step and instead has taken a giant leap backwards.
J.T. Miller: 18 goals, 44 points, and minus a billion. Agreed to be a big step backward this year and a bad team. Plus he is $2.5M more a year.
Paul Stanstny: 5 goals, 19 points, but objectively maybe could've been even better for the Rangers and MUCH cheaper.
Nazem Kadri: 19 goals, 38 points, 2 million dollars more and does almost all of it on the PP.
Vinny has 14 goals and 34 points and was terribly snakebitten for much of the year, hitting every pipe in every arena. So did Drury do pretty great in his signing? Would you rather have one of the players above? Would you rather have traded one of the kids?
