majormajor
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Honestly, I have reservations against getting Marner altogether. No arguing that he is an elite offensive talent but giving up Bjorkstrand and Larsson would cost a lot and gut the team defense. I would just throw money at Guentzel or Reinhart in FA instead. Not quite Marner level but they are also known producers on offense.
Agree on Wennberg, if we are going to try to go back to mediocrity then don't spend any money and leave the roster as is for the upcoming season.
I'm not gung ho on the Marner idea, largely because who we would have to trade. It won't be picks, it will be some of our best players.
Guentzel and Reinhart are both worth big offers. I have no idea if the top offer they get will be reasonable and worth outbidding, but we should at least make big offers and see what happens.
Our mediocrity is a top of the lineup issue, not one player (Wennberg) in one role.
Re-signing Wennberg? Jfc can we not just let players move to other teams without all the angst and hand-wringing every single time? Why are people so eager to run it back with a team thats now two years older and basically rode an emotional underdog vibe and a wildly unrealistic shooting % to a couple rounds of playoffs? Is that really what people consider this team’s ceiling?
I believe this is what's called "psychological projection", either way it's a bad guess as to my reasoning.
I don't have Wennberg nostalgia. I went through the list of UFA centers and he was by far the best suited to a shutdown role. If you have a better solution feel free to share. If it's not Wennberg, I'm very okay with that, but it has to be a shutdown center.