Tough call on ROR. I think trading Patches for him is a decent idea assuming we don’t have to mortgage the future. He’d be a great mentor for our C prospect pool (including Poehling) and instantly slots into top 2 C.
ROR also doesn’t make us better on his own but doesn’t make us worse. He potentially allows Drouin to slot on his wing to fill some of the goals left behind by Galchenyuk and Pacioretty. We probably won’t score many goals next year but we can hopefully start a partial transition towards a rebuild while still having a nucleus that can potentially compete within 3 years. If not, we trade him, Price and other pieces later on to full rebuild.
Lastly, as I’m not a fan of Patches being the Captain, so it also serves as a secondary purpose of stripping him of the captaincy without having to ask him to do so. It’s not that he’s a bad captain but just that Weber would serve a much better leadership role for our team.