I still think Dillon is worth having faith in. Awkward stride or not, he skates reasonably well, and if he can be coached into a player who is more stay at home than run away from home, while only pinching sporadically, that's worth having. He's been a better player for more games than he's been awful, and I think two things make him look worse than he is: Jordie Benn, and our goaltending which has a combined save percentage of .880
Not only that, but he'd be hard to trade on his current contract of he gets worse. Besides, if Oleksiak or Jokipakka could take some spots, Dillon-Benn would actually be a solid 3rd pair because their mistakes wouldn't be so magnified. Unfortunately they aren't the only problems.
Trade everyone.
Except for maybe Seguin and some few players that has the desire to win at the very least.
Maybe like Jamie Benn? Just a thought.
No, trade him for whatever you can get. Jordie is a keeper though.
Huh? He's be easy to unload with that contract.
Dillon's problem is Ruff's system
Trade Kari. Make Lindback our starter with Campbell as the back-up. There's no way that could go wrong.
My first guess is still an internal replacement to get Dallas back to 7th D, but a pretty interesting low cost add might be Matt Donovan. He's the same age as Kevin Connauton, and he hasn't played a single game this season for the Islanders because of the last second additions of Boychuck and Leddy. Unlike Connauton, there's much less of a chance he'd clear waivers as his history in the AHL and NHL suggests he's a much better player overall.
The reason I would trade Donovan if I was the Isles is you're going to lose him for nothing. He has played very few NHL games, and at the end of this year when he turns 25 years old, he'll be eligible to become a Group 6 UFA.
Connauton may or may not be an attractive option for them because he would be waiver exempt, but he'd only be a throw in for the most part. I think Donovan would cost a mid-round pick with or without Connauton.
Donovan was a 4th round pick for the Isles. He'd for sure be a guy that could push Benn, but so could Jokipakka. He's also a bit undersized.
What about someone like Marc Staal. Steady, DD with size (6'4)?
Top-4 dependable guy.
Dillon+ oughta get it done.
Why would Dillon+ get that done?
Dillon + McKenzie?
What do you think it would take?
...again just killing time, so please nobody start dropping eff bombs at me haha.
Not dropping bombs, but my first question is always going to be how does this make sense from the other teams POV. I can't think of one for this, and it's hard to move forward without at least a reasonable explanation about how both sides benefit.
A top team in the East selling for future pieces seems pretty unlikely. They got an upgrade for Callahan when they couldn't sign him by adding. That's the type of deal I'd expect them to make in this case ... or no move at all. I don't think they purposely weaken their team though.