Mighty Makar
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Byram for Ekholm? Sign me up, that's an Iginla for Nieuwendyk trade if I've ever seen one and its hard to say it didn't work out for Dallas
Byram may be great, Ekholm already is, and that contract is insane
Yeah lets trade Byram for a 30 yo 2nd pairing defenseman.Byram for Ekholm? Sign me up, that's an Iginla for Nieuwendyk trade if I've ever seen one and its hard to say it didn't work out for Dallas
Byram may be great, Ekholm already is, and that contract is insane
Byram for Ekholm? Sign me up, that's an Iginla for Nieuwendyk trade if I've ever seen one and its hard to say it didn't work out for Dallas
Byram may be great, Ekholm already is, and that contract is insane
I mean he plays second pairing and has for a long time. But I get your point, he’s top pairing quality.When did Ekholm go from a 1st pairing defenseman to a 2nd pairing defenseman
Edit: I don't mean 1st on Nashville, I'm aware Josi exists. He'd be an ideal partner for Makar, and if you win the Cup even once with Ekholm, you make that trade 10 times out of 10.
Byram for Ekholm? Sign me up, that's an Iginla for Nieuwendyk trade if I've ever seen one and its hard to say it didn't work out for Dallas
Byram may be great, Ekholm already is, and that contract is insane
Hard pass. Ekholm is very good but is 29. Byram could easily be the better player of the two. I'm only trading Byram for a current top pairing guy who's like 26 maybe 27 or under. And that's pretty unlikely to be available.
You'd trade all of Byram's career for a 29 year old who capped out as a second pairing? IMO, that's Byram's floor and he's ****ing 18.
Career high 44 points and his next best years are all in the mid-to-low 30's. Being 29 and having played on a dominate team for years, you'd think he'd put up better numbers than that in his career.
Great defenseman, no doubt, but he needs more production to be considered 'top pairing' IMO. Great shutdown defenseman top four absolutely, but second pairing. Absolutely not worth giving up Byram for.
Ekholm's age in relation to the rest of our roster is a factor. Not much else being brought up is
It's very easy to have a best-case scenario outlook with Byram, a guy who while undoubtedly talented and young is having a not-fantastic D+1 year. He could be Cam Barker for all we know
Mattias Ekholm is not Cam Barker, would be top pairing on our team, and is signed for 3 years at $3.75. Hit me with that action all day every day, because we are in our window right now, not when Byram may or may not peak
Edit: the admitted negative caveat to acquiring Ekholm would be the temptation to sign him long-term when that may not be a great idea
If Ekholm was 25 or 26 I think there wouldn't be much pushback on that proposal. But at 29 it's just not a smart move imo.
You're under-selling Ekholm. If he had played for us that entire time he'd have been the best blueliner we had between Blake & Makar, by a decisive margin.
His age means a Bo-Ekholm swap wouldn't make sense for us, but he's been a highend #2 for a long time now; like Hjalmarson back in the Hawks cup-days
It's very easy to have a best-case scenario outlook with Byram, a guy who while undoubtedly talented and young is having a not-fantastic D+1 year. He could be Cam Barker for all we know
Mattias Ekholm is not Cam Barker, would be top pairing on our team, and is signed for 3 years at $3.75. Hit me with that action all day every day, because we are in our window right now, not when Byram may or may not peak
Edit: the admitted negative caveat to acquiring Ekholm would be the temptation to sign him long-term when that may not be a great idea