Honestly not sure how to tweak it. We're not exactly rich in draft picks, for example. I'd be tempted to throw in Harrington to shore up the bottom pairing as well, but he's LHD and I don't think Hamhuis is really ultimately the problem there.
What if we took the originals out of that... no Johansen, no Savard... something around Turris for Wennberg would be fine for me. It doesn't exactly solve our modest need for a D, but it does get a cheaper younger depth player we could use in a bottom-line role with a clearer conscience. I'm not sure we'd ultimately keep Wennberg for long either, but at least if he was bouncing around the nether portions of our lineup, it might be less controversial for us.
Over the summer, I wouldn't have gone for that; we were looking at two bounceback players and Wennberg's contract was easier to get out of. The way Wennberg is playing right now, tho, I'd go for it.
He's kind of gone quad-A. I don't think we're quite all the way to the bottom yet with him, but he's definitely available at a discount compared to where he was. Thankfully, Gavrikov has stepped up to become everything we'd hoped for out of Carlsson and then some.
Ok, well you know our prospects in Milwaukee and such, I guess Turris/Wennberg plus if there was something minor Carlsson/Admirals sidebar that made any sense, that'd be fine for me too. Worst case if Wennberg can't do anything for us, as you say he's a little easier to walk away from. I'm thinking Columbus has some decent wingers such that Turris would be a reasonably productive player for you.
Can I get away with asking about Pitlick, given how Trenin has abruptly turned into a badass, or is that reaching too far?Ok, well you know our prospects in Milwaukee and such, I guess Turris/Wennberg plus if there was something minor Carlsson/Admirals sidebar that made any sense, that'd be fine for me too. Worst case if Wennberg can't do anything for us, as you say he's a little easier to walk away from. I'm thinking Columbus has some decent wingers such that Turris would be a reasonably productive player for you.
Well more ideally I'm thinking it is somebody - like Carlsson - who is basically at the end of their ELC, not going to be waiver exempt next year, and doesn't seem to have any imminent upward mobility onto the big club. (I'm assuming all that holds for Carlsson anyway - not 100% sure).Can I get away with asking about Pitlick, given how Trenin has abruptly turned into a badass, or is that reaching too far?
I concur here The Preds are going to regret this contract for a long time it essentially makes Johansen untradeable. Torts is not a fan of Johansen as well. RJ will continue along the path and move down the Preds roster and will be centering the 4th line the last couple years of this contract with Duchene centering the 3rd line when they are both 33 year olds and there game has dropped off. That's 16 mil in cap and they continue to eat Turris's 6 mil. Long term Poile has pumped the pooch with these three.
Yeah, even though we could use a more physical presence on the blueline too, I'd rather chase that in other ways. Look at Edmundson or Gudas or somebody like that on the UFA market in the summer. We are going to have a ton of cap space. We should try to address this issue some other way. Trading Johansen to address it is not the best-value approach.
Yeah; I covered that under the "mumble mumble sunk cost" bit. Four years of Joey's prime isn't exactly nothing.
As Soundgarden noted, Granlund doesn't play center for us. I don't think he has for a long time in Minny either. I'd do this trade. If the Cap situation was workable - not sure when we hit the pro-rating threshold for being able to take those 2 contracts on. But just on the asset value, it's a go!
Well, in the Jackets' case, it's because I've had trouble coming up with a deal that I think would work for both sides. Nutivaara is a bit more readily expendable now - he's a lefty that plays RHD - but he's not the physical play type. Neither is Kukan. Harrington tries to be physical, but he's a best a borderline upgrade on the bottom pairing in Nashville. And this may catch some people off guard, but it turns out we're a bit sparse on picks (imagine that).
