Surprising, considering we have a good young top 4 and a bigger need up front. I can't see a fit here.
Lindholm is on a different level and isn't going anywhere. Fowler's new extension just kicks in this summer, likewise for Manson who is a more established version of what you'd hope to get from Risto. Montour is hitting RFA at a convenient time where he just shouldn't yet have the leverage to command big money. On top of that we have some very nice D prospects in the pipeline. I see absolutely no reason why Anaheim would be an aggressive bidder here.
This is pretty much exactly how I feel. Who wouldn't love to add Riso, but it doesn't make any sense for us to give up prime assets for him when we already have 4 top 4 guys.
The only reason we'd consider it is if we were swamping him and Fowler, which doesn't seem likely. He had a down year, but he's still really important to our team and when Murray mentions his goal is to get faster, you typically don't trade your quickest and best transition defenseman.
Manson + Silf for nylander ;P assuming we got risto already
I'd pass and I love Nylander. We just need more players like Josh, not less.