Raffl and Bunny are a perfect example of why I don't want to add any other bottom 6 guys to the roster. This staff can't be trusted.
And speaking of them not being trustworthy, the possibility of any trade is scary because I don't trust them to not get ripped off or target the wrong people. The fact that they've blocked Frost with guys like Bunny, Vorobyev, and Raffl shows how poor their player evaluation skills are. You may want Tierney but they might go after someone much worse.
I know...I am just saying who I would target and why.
Can play C
Not a rental so can recoup what we spend on him in the summer
Or keep him next year if Patrick still has issues.
He is a 40+C
He is a PKer who chips in PK goals
Not PP reliant...29-38 ES points the last 3 years
But CAN play on the PP if injuries occur, had 10 PP points last year, 7 the year before
Essentially, he is an upgrade over Raffl, and Laughton...and of course lesser guys like Bunny, NAK, Pit, etc...Right now, would be our 6th/7th best forward.
But yeah, I wouldn't bother adding someone worse, because we have that in Laughts/Raffl. And I wouldn't go after a bigger target due to the cost to acquire and us not "needing" a long term C replacement next year.
As I said, he is sort of the "middle ground" type. Gives us an add to replace Lindblom in the top 9. Gives C depth. Cost would not be too high so not impacting the future...and we can recoup what we spend on him.