Agreed. That being said, if they traded their second round pick this year and their first round pick next year for an extended Spurgeon, I'd be fine with that.
Before the Flyers consider dropping money and term on Trouba or any such player, I'd like to see them clean up their situations with their own RFAs; particularly Provorov, Sanheim and TK. The organization doesn't need to get into a mess like the Leafs did with Nylander with their own guys. It looked like Provorov was moving towards a deal before the Worlds and then playing in them. That should be the benchmark for what Sanheim will be getting and then TK after that. Someone came up with $3MX3 for Hartmann. I don't know about that for him; seems a bit rich. Then there's Laughton, I believe. Suffice it to say that how much these players get will influence how much money the Flyers will be dropping for FAs and players in trades.
I like both of them also but would prefer Doughty over either one. Obviously depends on the cost but DD is under contract at a reasonable number and would totally solidify the D. My 2C target would be RNH. I think Couts RNH and Patrick down the middle would be really formidable adding Provy and DD on the first pair, Sanhiem and Myers on the 2nd pair and Hart in goal. Thats a real contender. I would trade Ghost, 11oa, JVR, Ratliff and some lesser pieces to get them.
I've always been a proponent of trading for Doughty if he's made available.
Maybe not. Depends on what their plans are. They lost the draft lottery. Their rebuild may take longer than they anticipated.
