MrCanuck94 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) As I see it, we can go down two avenues: sell off everyone who's over 25 or make a few trades that help us get younger while staying competitive. Now I know we've heard Benning say that statement constantly, but, we have a good core in place and we need a management team who can effectively surround the core with good players that fit the team's needs. If we were to take the latter option, here are some potential moves we can make imo: Trade 1: To Van: Nils Lundkvist To NYR: Bo Horvat Why: NYR was looking for another C in Eichel. Bo can give them some extra depth for a run. They are heavy on RHD so giving up Lundkvist should be feasible. Trade 2: To Van: Ryan Hartman, Jordan Greenway To Min: Brock Boeser Why: Although Hartman is fitting in well in Minnesota, they have had interest in Boeser in the past and Guerin may make moves that are more long-term planned. We add a 3C that can kill penalties and a young power forward. Trade 3: To Van: Phil Kessel (50% retained) To Ari: 3rd round pick 2022 Why: We bring in a winger that can score and has a winning pedigree. Arizona recoups a draft pick. Trade 4: To Van: Nutivaara To Flo: Dickinson Why: We fill out our LD depth. Florida seems to have good depth on the left side (please correct me if I am wrong) and adds more forward depth for a cup run. Similar cap hit. Internal Moves: Waive Alex Chiasson Waive Brad Hunt Waive Juho Lammiko Call up Will Lockwood Deadline Trades: Pearson for a pick Poolman for a pick Potential lineup for this season: Garland - Pettersson - Podkolzin Kessel - Miller - Hoglander Greenway - Hartman - Motte Highmore - Sutter - Lockwood Dowling OEL Myers Hughes Hamonic Nutivaara - Lundkvist Schenn Demko Halak What else needs to happen: The goal would be to keep drafting well and adding young prospects along the way. To do this, we will need to ensure the next management team hires are good ones. With a breath of fresh air from a new coaching staff, I believe the current players we have will be able to bounce back and play better. Thoughts? Edited December 2, 2021 by MrCanuck94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primo604 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I mean if dickenson has a twin we can play on the 4th im all for trading one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxVerstappen33 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 The season is gone and it presents us with an opportunity to do a mini rebuild. Even in a rebuild year , with zero expectations , you can still win. We just need a good coach like Guy Boucher or AV. All of these retools will result in mediocrity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I like the Minnesota deal but that is it. Kessel just no unless they are giving us picks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCanuck94 Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 13 hours ago, Primo604 said: I mean if dickenson has a twin we can play on the 4th im all for trading one of them. Haha I was tired. Supposed to be Highmore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nergish Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Trading a pick for Kessel??? How about accepting our fate and trading for more picks instead? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUCKER67 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Pettersson - ?? - Boeser Podkolzin - Miller - Garland Pearson - Horvat - Hoglander ?? - ?? - Lockwood Klimovich Ekman-Larsson - ?? Hughes - Hamonic Rathbone - Myers Woo Demko ?? I don't think Pettersson is an elite #1C. But they're getting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Any trade involving a core guy like Bo or Brock needs to return a true top 4 shutdown defender. Any less just equates to reshuffling the deck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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