Ceci and Kulak. However I wish it was Nurse but I am kidding myself he is not tradable right now.
Fowler - He's skated 974 regular season games for the club, would be weird to see him playing for another team. Yet the emergence of Mintyukov and Zellweger, gives confidence that they are the future of the backend. Fowler just isn't an ideal fit if you are trying to compliment those two with the optimal partner. Could picture moving him to make room for a more pure defensive/stay at home type.
Lacombe - Young Dman with intriguing upside, no rush to see him moved. Just feel like if the Ducks are putting together a package to try and improve, he may be viewed as one of their most valuable expendables. The two young LHD mentioned above are surely above him in the pecking order, and the Ducks are obviously keen on RHD Tristan Luneau as well. Lacombe can play either side, but I don't think he's established enough defensively to partner with any of those other three young D. May just end up being most valuable to the Ducks as trade bait, there are teams out there who don't have such depth of quality young D.
Vaakanainen - May be dealt or even left unqualified. He's been fine but the Ducks need to improve and have less filler in the lineup. Vaak is an NHL capable defender but doesn't stand out in a way that would make me want to count on him as more than a depth guy. If it came down to him or Gustav Lindstrom for a final roster spot, I think the latter has shown a bit more overall upside and his right shot is an added point in his favor. Vaak wasn't consistently getting in the lineup towards the end of the year, which may speak to how his development was prioritized.
Lindstrom - See above, I don't see a reason to not keep him as a cheap depth guy but there's no guarantee he stays either
Helleson - acquired over two years ago from the Avs in the Manson deal. Maybe this isn't worth reading into since the Ducks had more blueline depth this season, but Helleson was given three NHL games at the conclusion of last year, and zero this season. One would assume that if they were happy with his development, they would have brought him up for at least another cup of coffee this season, seeing as they were dressing a couple waiver pickups in Lindstrom and Lagesson. Helleson is still waiver exempt and fills an organizational need for defensive RD, so I don't see him being dumped by any means. But he's clearly behind a few other much younger D on the team's current radar.
sanheim to the oilers may be something to expore. can take ceci back as part of the deal rather easily.Cody Ceci. Oilers tried unloading him in a deal to get Chris Tanev. I expect we find a way to send him packing in the off season. Team needs a top 4 RD upgrade.
Brett Kulak might be moved to open a spot for Broberg and some further cap space if we do a top 4 RD upgrade.
Provorov is gone for sure, Bean is likely not to get a QO, Boqvist probably gets one more year. Could maybe even see them moving Jiricek for an upgrade elsewhere. Werenski, Gudbranson, and Severson are the only ones safe, I'd think.
Dont think if the jackets move Jiricek they would want a winger as the returnI could see the Blues being very interested in Jiricek if available and perhaps Provy to a lesser extent. Some Blues fans may not like to hear it, but I wonder about a Jiricek/Kyrou trade with some adds on either side to balance it out.
Other teams can use a capdump?Seth Jones. What's the point in a basement team holding onto a 10M dollar dman when other teams could really use him?
Dont think if the jackets move Jiricek they would want a winger as the return
They should see a guy with bad shoulders....Nope. He's a unique and developing dman. The Habs will see what they have there.
No issue with that at allWell, I still had to shoot my shot.
Agreed with the other poster. Wing is actually a strength for Columbus, especially if Laine returns. I mentioned him more that I don’t agree with other CBJ fans who says he’s untouchable. I don’t think he is, but it would need to be a very compelling trade to move him, and Kyrou just isn’t that for a Columbus team already saturated by good wingers.I could see the Blues being very interested in Jiricek if available and perhaps Provy to a lesser extent. Some Blues fans may not like to hear it, but I wonder about a Jiricek/Kyrou trade with some adds on either side to balance it out.
Jones for Marner. Treliving loves big mediocre defensemen.Other teams can use a capdump?
Is it really possible? I feel like he plays a pretty big role for FloridaEkblad
I think so. He’s had multiple leg injuries, he’s slow as it is, has a modified trade clause this summer, and we need cap space.Is it really possible? I feel like he plays a pretty big role for Florida
I haven't watched New Jersey as much this season but I thought he was a cost controlled steady top 4 LHD who is solid defensively why would you want to trade him?Sigenthaler
I'd be interested as a Ducks fan. No idea what the cost would beI think so. He’s had multiple leg injuries, he’s slow as it is, has a modified trade clause this summer, and we need cap space.
Edit, whether it happens or not is another story. Lol
Third person saying Ceci and Kulak. Good chance the Oilers put themselves in the market for a sizeable upgrade at the deadline next year. They might ride out the year down a couple vets to accumulate cap space.
One of Theodore or Whitecloud (more likely) is a pretty safe bet.
There's just no way all of these lefties will remain in Montreal:
Guhle
Harris
Matheson
Struble
Xhekaj
Especially since we have more guys on the left side coming up.
On the right side, Kovacevic's time is probably up. I f***ing hate Barron but this org is often blinded by draft status, so he'll probably get more chances even though he has no balls.
Theodore is absolutely not a better player than Hanifin. The second that Hanifin contract was signed the writing was kind of on the wall Theodore probably isn't going to be extended. He's a fantastic offensive player when he's confident. Too often he's not and even more often he makes soft plays. I'm not big on paying big bucks to guys that can't be relied on in all situations.What would shipping out either of these two really do for Vegas?
I get that they invested a ton in that Hanifin extension, but signing him to a huge deal just to end of moving the massively better player in Theodore at his paltry $5.2M for another year as a hugely productive top-pairing caliber defenceman seems like a supremely back asswards way of going about business.
Moving Whitecloud would maybe make a little more sense in alleviating some cap issues...but at $2.75M it's not like he's prohibitively expensive or going to offer massive cap relief. You're still gonna have to replace him at at least a reasonable player and they only have so many RH shooting defencemen.
If either of the two ended up on the market, i'd want to Canucks to be all over that.
Theodore is absolutely not a better player than Hanifin. The second that Hanifin contract was signed the writing was kind of on the wall Theodore probably isn't going to be extended. He's a fantastic offensive player when he's confident. Too often he's not and even more often he makes soft plays. I'm not big on paying big bucks to guys that can't be relied on in all situations.
Korzcak is ready to be a full time NHL'er so one of Theo or Whitecloud HAS to go to make room. And like you said the cap savings for the latter would be minimal. The return and cap savings from a Theodore trade would give us room to sign Marchessault plus in an ideal world we'd get back a young top 6 wing for Theodore.