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A lot of people think Guds is a key piece to our D's future
I am not one of those people.
A lot of people think Guds is a key piece to our D's future
Bjugstad's 40-50 points are never going to mean anything if we don't find a guy who can stop pucks consistently on the other end.
Relying on an unproven prospect (Markstrom) to fix the issue when he's showing no signs of improvement is also poor asset management.
Well, you're apparently not willing to trade. The list of free agent goaltenders is out there. I (along with another poster) actually brought up Craig Anderson. Is there a better option on the upcoming list of free agents (since you're not willing to trade prospects)?
Okay? So there are other people and picks to trade. Maybe trade Petrovic? Or Matthias and second? Bjugstad looks good. No need to panic and trade him for a temporary fix. There's a lot of time left before the start of next season to figure out the goaltending situation.
I'm willing to trade prospects. Whose to say Anderson is available? What if they wanted Huberdeau? Or are you now against trading prospects like I am when the value doesn't make sense for us?
I'm not saying he doesn't. You have to trade something good to get something good.
There are quite a few quality pending goalie UFAs. That's our best option.
Obviously some will get signed...
http://capgeek.com/free-agents/?year_id=2014&team_id=-1&position_id=G&fa_type_id=2
Why wouldn't Anderson be available? It's been rumored and it makes sense because they have one of the best young goalies in the game already.
Bjugstad is not Huberdeau. Do you value them the same way? If you do, that makes no sense.
I wouldn't trade Huberdeau or Barkov. Everyone else is pretty replaceable to me.
We're not leading our conference and just lost our goalies to injury and desperately need one. Trading Bjugstad for Anderson is a short term gain. We'll probably win a few more games, get 15 more points with him in net. That doesn't equal Bjugstad. We disagree on Bjugstad's long term value.
Anderson is under contract next year. The team would have stability and plenty of time to decide what they want to do in net based on Markstrom's play. They could always just trade Anderson again next year for another one of those valuable "prospects" if Markstrom pans out.
Excluding Lundqvist and Miller, that list sucks.
Why wouldn't he be? Because Ottawa likes their goalie depth? I don't know their GM;s strategy.
My point bringing up Huberdeau is that his value, like Bjugstad's is worth more to this organization long term than short term Anderson.
Trading for Luongo doesnt seem like such a bad idea now. Should have pulled the trigger over the summer.
Huh? Elliot, Halak, Hiller?
Trading for Luongo doesnt seem like such a bad idea now. Should have pulled the trigger over the summer.
We could also sign a UFA and keep Bjugstad. That's the best option, disagree?
Trading for Luongo doesnt seem like such a bad idea now. Should have pulled the trigger over the summer.
Elliott and Halak would probably suck here. They're a product of the Blues system.
Those three guys would also probably be more expensive than Anderson since they're going to be free agents.
Considering the free agents, yeah.