Speculation: 2021 Offseason Trade/Free Agency Thread III - To Eichel, or Not To Eichel

[Zegs2sendhelp]

That and not selling Manson for max value today. Zero doubt he could have gotten that Philly 1st for Manson and moved our 2nd for Buch.

Trade Manson to philly for
1st + 2nd + hagg

trade that 2nd + Tracey for buch

pick wallstedt/cossa at 14

trade gibson to carolina/avs
2021 + 2022 1st + Suzuki
Newhook + 2021 1st + barron/helleson

draft tuomaala with the 2021 pick

end up with
Center : Zegras + mctavish + Suzuki/newhook + steel Lundy groulx

wing: Comtois + buch+ + Rakell + terry + perreault + tuomaala

goalies : dostal + wallstedt/cossa(sign someone like ullmark/Freddie to hold the spot for a year or 2 )

 

[Mr Rogers]

 

[LuGBuG]

Can someone tell me now why we kept Delauriers?

 

[Duck Off]

Can someone tell me now why we kept Delauriers?

We didn’t. Murray clearly signed Volkov and left him unprotected in hoped Seattle would take him over Fleury. It’s really simple, they chose Steel over Fleury. D-Lo was just a vet they chose to protect out of respect for him

 

[bumperkisser]

And yet he's not gonna trade him for 3rd overall +?

Will be really interesting to see what happens with Eichel

 

[Static]

Reinhart return about to also be extremely light. I both find that funny because of how obnoxious buffalo fans have been, but also distressing because we sure could have used him.

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Reinhart return about to also be extremely light. I both find that funny because of how obnoxious buffalo fans have been, but also distressing because we sure could have used him.

Could have used him but not sure if we could have got him. Trade wise, sure, but more than the rest he seemed sick of losing so not sure if you can lock him up long term this offseason.

 

[sasha barkov]

I think we aren't out on Eichel just yet

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Can someone tell me now why we kept Delauriers?

Because the GM sucks

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

Given the track record, this smacks of Adams wanting a clean break so he can start his own rebuild, but Pegula wanting a king’s ransom so his already poor rep with the fan base doesn’t get any worse.

Either way, I am perfectly fine with Bob waiting this out as long as possible and driving the price down.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Supposedly zib is being moved, I’d be down

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Because the GM sucks

Trades him for a 2nd or 3rd tomorrow maybe.
Could have been a thing where Francis was gonna pick Fleury that he knew and just protected Des out of respect.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Supposedly zib is being moved, I’d be down

NYR will say NY Boy Zegras or no deal.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

NYR will say NY Boy Zegras or no deal.

I’d imagine somewhere in the buch range makes sense…. Ufa that they won’t be able to afford(also opening up room for Jack eichel)

2nd + makes sense

then resign Rakell lindholm and zib

 

[duxfan1101]

Supposedly zib is being moved, I’d be down

I love Zib but I feel like he's slightly too old for our situation. Not to mention he'd ask for more than $9M/year from us.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

I’d imagine somewhere in the buch range makes sense…. Ufa that they won’t be able to afford(also opening up room for Jack eichel)

2nd + makes sense

then resign Rakell lindholm and zib

From a marketing standpoint his jerseys would sell out in Irvine and Mission Viejo. He's Persian-Swedish and OC is known for its Big Persian community in those 2 cities.
Perhaps would lead to more kids taking up hockey at the youth level.
And Zib is a 1C a perfect fit. Just that he's already past the Age range they'd want.

Hypothetical top 6 lineup with Zib:
Zegras/Zib/Rakell
Comtois/McTavish/Terry

 

[tomd]

Can someone tell me now why we kept Delauriers?

The hope is that GMBM is playing a bit of a long game here keeping Deslauriers until the TDL and getting a 2nd or even a 1st for him in 2022. Same could be said for Rakell and Manson. The Ducks organizational plan may be to load up for the 2022 draft...it's going to be a good one.

 

[Hey234]

The hope is that GMBM is playing a bit of a long game here keeping Deslauriers until the TDL and getting a 2nd or even a 1st for him in 2022. Same could be said for Rakell and Manson. The Ducks organizational plan may be to load up for the 2022 draft...it's going to be a good one.

I'm not sure if this is the best course of action. Going into a season, after multiple losing seasons, with the goal of losing to draft a potentially good player is not a way to run a successful team.

I'm all for getting the best value but I would be disappointed if the Ducks started next season with virtually all of the same players. It's time to trade some of these players (Henrique, Manson, Deslauriers, etc...) and not for picks. The Ducks need young, top 6 scoring forwards.

 

[GermanRocket7]

I'd be fine with tanking another year simply because there are three (!) franchise players in the upcoming draft. But it has to be done correctly, not this washed-up bullshit of a tank the past four years were.

I'd be fine moving Rakell, Manson, Des, Henrique, and Silf. Keeping Rakell and Silf would be my preference, however. Try to stockpile high picks for 22 and 23 and then come out contender in 24.

 

[LuGBuG]

 

[Quack Shot]

Could have been a thing where Francis was gonna pick Fleury that he knew and just protected Des out of respect.

From the Ducks post draft video, it seems that was the case. If they did 4-4, they could lose a forward which they valued more, since they feel they had better depth on D. So they went 7-3, and they knew by exposing Fleury that he was going to be their pick.

 

[Quack Shot]

I'd be fine moving Rakell, Manson, Des, Henrique, and Silf. Keeping Rakell and Silf

I would like to keep some players that actually know what winning was though, don’t want to have a losing culture keep us in this situation for years like Buffalo.

 

[Static]

Well that's odd...

 

[DavidBL]

Well that's odd...

Voracek to feed pucks to Laine?

 

[Duck Off]

Maybe it’s the frustration mounting from a disappointing yesterday (I woke up more pissed we passed on Eklund); but I really hope Murray picks a direction and goes with it. If we’re not going to target Eichel and go rebuild, that’s fine, but stop this middle ground bullshit. We can’t sell every veteran and go full Edmonton, but holding on to all guys like Rakell and Manson isn’t going to cut it if we’re truly going the rebuild route.