Mrb1p
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Can they?
I mean, it's not like Rantanen is established, and Jost hasn't even played in the NHL yet. Plus, MacKinnon has been somewhat stagnating after a phenomenal rookie season, although a lot of that could be attributed to poor team environment. It's kind of the equivalent of us saying we can afford to move Weber because we have Petry, Beaulieu and Sergachev coming up.
Still, this is a team that went from having a ton of riches up front, to being rather thin. And if they move both Landeskog and Duchene for a defenseman, while they may solve their issues on defense, they'll create an even bigger hole on the offense.
First Stastny and O'Reilly, then Duchene and Landeskog... No team generates top 6 talents at a good enough rate to replace all these talented guys that are leaving [or will leave] the organization.
We arent rebuilding though, so its nothing like us.
They are, and theyre most likely looking at Patrick and probably another top pick.
I mean, you could do a lot worse than Mackinnon, Rantanen, Jost and Patrick as the building blocks of your team.
Plus they more than likely get a forward back if they go after OEL.
Carolina could also be another target for them, way too much back end talent there.
Slavin, Faulk, Pesce, Mckeown, Bean, Fleury, or Hanifin will have to move.