Sorry, but he
commands nothing.
He is a meh F.
If a team needs a body, they will give meh for him.
A $ deal is all that's left.
Staal finally improved recovery from eye injury and concussion, obviously nowhere near being top shutdown D he once was, but still contributes and is fine at 3rd pair 10-12 mins, esp w/correct partner.
On top of that, if he regresses, the buyout option which is expensive this year becomes reasonably affordable next year.
It is not clear that Staal + does not fetch more than Bozak, btw.
No, a gazillion times no. And you stand alone on this foolish, ridiculous suggestion.
The idiotic win now crowd has finally been forced, as it should have been previously, to bend, buckle and break in extreme capitulation to the sensible build crowd, so we can grow assets as a base to whatever we add.
Picks are not to be squandered.
We acquired pending UFA Brendan Smith, who played well last year after TD, who cost the same 2nd and 3rd. We then had to pay him what he wanted so he would not walk = loss of those picks for nothing going forward.
Smith then got married, pigged out, showed up outta shape, and is only now just rounding back into form. There is a log jam at LD, and if some restraint were shown last year instead of indulging AV, we would be better off.
Did you learn nothing from Eric Staal, Clowe debacles? From Smith?
Consider yourself relieved of command CC.