@Pennaduck
1) What angel said
2) Doenst really matter, team isn't good enough to compete now.... and its only going to get worse.
3) Id disagree, I think Larsson, Jones, Terry and Comtois are all technically ready to play in nhl full time. Few others are close.
4) The reason we struggle to sign big name free agents is because we have no interest in investing that kind of money in said free agents.
5) At the rate murray is going he may be lookin for a new job sooner rather than later... he can move Henrique or fowler in retool type move(Mete + 1st + forward prospect), mete slides in as our 2 LHD, Lindholm 1 and Larsson 3... team gets younger loses some cap, adds another 1st and forward prospect. A trade like that would make a lot of sense to me.
6) Depends on what the trade is based around.
7) The reason we are even talking about trading them is because they hold value... and are movable unlike guys like kesler/perry/eaves etc.... and if we are going to be competitive, there really isn't much reason to keep them around if we can get younger assets to line up with our future core.
8) Agreed, but the problems with our cap are things we cant really fix... cap casualties exist.
9) It all depends on what is coming back, and what you can accomplish with the trade... if you tell me I can trade fowler for Mete 1st and solid forward prospect, and use the money saved to resign silf… id prob do that in a heart beat.... and I think over the next couple years the team is better for it.
10) I also agree with this, but it seems like management is going to keep RC at the helm... and they will sacrifice players to protect their decision not to fire RC. Ultimately it all depends what the trades look like.
11) Id hate to lose fowler/Henrique in an expansion draft... you could move them for young assets that don't need protection... that would be an awful move to hold on to them just to lose them in an expansion draft.
12) I could see guys like Henrique moving at deadline(lot of teams need to sure up the middle of the ice for a playoff run), fowler I agree, no chance hes moved until offseason if he is moved.... a guy like fowler you need an actual # on the draft pick + a better idea of what you are looking for.
13) Season sucks and a lot of us are bummed, most of everything said here is just speculation/ideas which is what forums are for... chances are none of it will ever happen... but honestly arguing about potential moves/ideas of what direction the franchise should go is much more exciting then watching this team actually play hockey. We wouldn't have a roster of 25 and unders, we have corner stones like Lindholm Montour rakell manson Gibson kase, older getzlaf etc.... as for teams
Chicago, Toronto, Tampa, Nashville..... building through the draft to make successful teams.... Leagues changing... getting younger/faster and building through the draft is the way to go.