DEVILS ALL THE WAY*
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I think it's a crazy idea. Larsson is the foundation of our future defensive corps. He is not being traded for a pick. Not even a top 5 pick.
All it does is lose a guy we have developed for two years, and replace him with a guy whose development clock is at zero. Lou refused to give up the 29th pick because he didn't want to do that, what makes you think he will do it in this situation?
It's not as if we don't know who that pick will be. We'd be getting either Drouin or MacKinnon and both those forwards are closing in on Jones for that #1 overall race.
I don't care about losing a player we "groomed" for the past 24 months if we're getting a player that will balance out our depth chart and help our mediocre offense pick up the pace.
We have several solid pieces that are a year or two away from cracking our blueline but we have absolutely zero assets up front outside of Boucher and he's no lock to make our club anytime soon. Matteau is a futur 2nd/3rd line "grinder" with some skill but we are lacking that stud forward that will help Kovy run the show and we all know that we aren't signing a star forward via free agency and if we're landing someone with a trade, we'll have to part ways with too many assets to get the player we want.
My dream scenario would be to move Larsson for Drouin/MacKinnon and the flip our 9th overall pick for a proven d-men who's apparently on the block, in a package, for someone like Keith Yandle. The Yotes are, according to rumours, looking to shop Keith Yandle and something like the 9th overall pick, Josefson and Urbom might get it done IMO since they are looking to add offense and can possibly get two of Shinkaruk, Domi, Horvat, Lazar, Zykov with our pick (9th overall) and their own pick (12th overall).
That's probably asking for too much out of Lou but when looking at the big picture, I think both proposals are fair and would help all 3 teams involved moving forward.