Hen Kolland
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- Feb 22, 2018
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Want to gauge the interest, and the perceived feasibility, of attempting to use our depth and "expendable" assets to return young defensive prospects/players. Just through conversation, someone mentioned the idea of targeting some of the young, highly touted defensemen in the Hurricanes organization. The premise makes sense...Carolina has a very strong, young defensive core including Faulk (25), Fleury (21), Hanifin (21), Slavin (23), van Riemsdyk (26), Bean (19), but have never been able to put together a strong offensive punch with their forwards. Considering that Carolina is in position to select Andrei Svechnikov, the Wings could make Evgeny available in addition to players like Athanasiou and Nyquist, all who can provide a little bit of scoring depth for Carolina, plus the Vegas first, and a variety of second and third round picks as the kicker. Feel free to add names to this list as you see fit.
Do you think that the Wings have enough expendable pieces to target any of the players above (probably not Faulk/TvR due to being a bit too old), and would you be willing to part with some of these pieces in order to address a position of greater need, outside the standard draft and develop approach?
Yes I know there will be a lot of people who will be against this concept because it hurts the "tank" next year, I'm just trying to think outside of the box of how we can make progress towards the rebuild without relying on the draft as the one and only savior. Looking at the Devils and the Taylor Hall trade as inspiration; a little bit of draft luck, a little bit of restructuring, and catch lightning in a bottle.
Do you think that the Wings have enough expendable pieces to target any of the players above (probably not Faulk/TvR due to being a bit too old), and would you be willing to part with some of these pieces in order to address a position of greater need, outside the standard draft and develop approach?
Yes I know there will be a lot of people who will be against this concept because it hurts the "tank" next year, I'm just trying to think outside of the box of how we can make progress towards the rebuild without relying on the draft as the one and only savior. Looking at the Devils and the Taylor Hall trade as inspiration; a little bit of draft luck, a little bit of restructuring, and catch lightning in a bottle.