Fair enough. If you’re looking for better than nylander then I assume you have 0 interest in moving larsson. So why even join in?
Because if you’re looking at Edmonton’s roster and concluding what they need is less reliable top four defencemen, particularly RHD, that needs to be corrected.
Trading Larsson leaves us with the following defencemen that play the right side:
Russell
Benning
Ethan Bear
Other rookies and prospects.
Tell me, does trading Larsson for a winger not known for his defence or a centre that would be 3rd in the pecking order here seem like a winning strategy?
‘Edmonton allowed 260 goals and has a pile of dicks at RHD outside Larsson. Clearly they need to move Larsson for a declining near-34 year old with a bad contract or a water bug winger’. - person bad at identifying hockey team needs.