SweetStache
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- Jan 28, 2013
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One thing thats been bugging me since the GMHR presser:
He said getting top 6 wingers was the top priority, and that it would likely have to be through trade. Who are his trade chips here?
Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Hornqvist, Maatta should be untouchable. Perron is worth more to us on the roster than he is as a trade chip. Dupuis is damaged goods and locker room glue, so from two fronts he should be safe. Sundqvist and Kapanen are part of the solution to getting younger and faster, so you have to think they're not moving.
I would certainly hope he's going to try to hold on to the 1st round pick. The prospect pool is going to get thin real quick here once we graduate some of these guys to the big club.
On D you could maybe afford to move out one of Pouliout, Dumoulin or Harrington, but ideally we need those guys to enter the lineup on cost controlled contracts to afford a competitive roster.
Kunitz and Spaling could be dealt, OK, but is there much value there? Bennett doesn't have much value. Sutter? Ok but you need to be able to replace him and I don't think Sundqvist should be just handed that. Maybe its a competition between him and Spaling?
Does one of our goalie prospects get moved? We could decide to tap Murray as the goalie of the future and send out Jarry, but unproven AHL goalies not named Jonathan Bernier or John Gibson don't have much value either.
So what can you get for Brandon Sutter, Scott Harrington and some dinged up spare parts?
Loui Eriksson?