Andrei Markov and Louis LeBlanc
for
Jamie McGinn and a 3rd round pick
??????
Change Leblanc to a 2nd or even remove the picks altogether and I would do this quite easily. I'm a big fan of Jamie McGinn's but Markov is EXACTLY the kind of guy that we need to bring in until we find a way to acquire a younger top pairing guy that fits our core. At 34, Markov has shown that he can still put up points and eat up a lot of minutes and he would instantly make us a better team by legitimizing our defence. Not to mention that it would be nice for Varly to have another Russian on the team.
I realize that fans here want to hit a home run and acquire that Duncan Keith kind of d-man that we need but that may not be possible to do right now and I doubt it's possible without trading RoR or Stastny. To me, this would be an excellent move.
RoR-Duchene-Parenteau
Sgarbossa-Stastny-Landeskog
Tanguay-MacKinnon-Downie
McLeod-Mitchell-Bordeleau
Markov-EJ
Hejda-Barrie
Wilson-Sarich
(Hunwick)
Varly
Giggy
Could we please stop that?
No offense to the OP as you were only collecting information on McGinn and his value but I am a bit surprised there are so many Avs fans around here who are offering him to every team on the main boards?!
I'd rather see what McGinn can deliver under a new coach over the process of a whole season. He's shown flashes of his potential and we all know his stats could have looked way better last year if he only had been a bit more lucky.
Sure hope we keep him and see how he develops. Guy can become a heck of a player as soon as next year.
Overall, I agree with this and I think McGinn still has more to show and was quite snakebitten last season. I think he's got 25-30 goal potential and those type of players don't grow on trees. However, the fact that you can bring in a veteran guy like Markov (as long as he's open to a contract extension) is the kind of player that can eat up big minutes in years 1&2 and then settle into a middle pairing role thereafter.
Sadly, I doubt very much that the Habs would make this kind of trade.