Critical13
Fear is the mind-killer.
Where I am sitting, I guess I see it as a rare opportunity rather than desperation.
Not a lot of teams have an asset like that available to spare.
But you're right - they can afford to wait for the right deal if one comes along.
It's not as if young stellar defencemen grow on trees either.
I'm not sold we can spare him. I look at our winger situation and even with the emergence of Kapanen, it's a bit grim.
Marner/Nylander/Kap is a great top 3. After that, though....Brown/Marleau/Hyman/Ennis/Leivo....dark times! Take Nylander away and all of a sudden you only have two wingers who should realistically be on your top two lines.