Brodin can easily be a top 4 for us.
Can you link the article that says we are one of the 9? Last thing I read here had 8 teams listed and we weren't one of them.
We need to find a way to bring Yandle back, if not for the sheer fact he is too important to our offense from the backend, we would have then gave Duclair up for nothing imo.
I think it's pretty obvious at this point that AV either doesn't like or is terrible at developing players. He doesn't want an infusion of young talent.
He's a coach that can take an already talented roster and almost win it all, then doesn't want to hang around once the cupboard is bare and there's nothing left to do but rebuild or retool.
He's not the man to be handling our roster going forward.
Brodin is pretty much Marc Staal right now. Absolute **** offensively and good defensively. He's also younger and has a better contract, to be fair.
And here:
Brad apparently is a good source. Pretty sure he works closely around Caggiula's team.
With all due respect, if you are comparing Marc Staal to Brodin, I think your opinion of Brodin is way off. We can agree to disagree on this one.
Not really comparing. Think they just both play a more defensive style and their strengths are more on that side of the puck.
Brodin is much younger, has a much better contract and is still young enough to where the offensive side of his game could develop. Lets not forget, Marc Staal wasn't always abysmal offensively. That came after the eye injury. Brodin is a top 4 defenseman. When it comes to offense, I think Brodin's major issue is confidence. I think the untapped potential is there to add more offense. He also won't be cheap to acquire.
Thinking that he could be had for Staal + Boo is absurdly naive. Then again, that would explain why you believe he would be a bottom pairing defenseman for us.
I never, ever understood the hype around Brodin.
Literally do not see what he does well.
Thought about potential Nash deals before, wanted to gather opinions.
St. Louis:
Rick Nash (3M retained retained)
Derick Brassard
New York:
-Robby Fabbri
-Patrik Berglund
-2nd round pick
Definitely anticipate some of you being disappointed with this, but I'm higher on Fabbri than most. Would love to include a swap of Glass/Reaves as well.
On to the next one.
Anaheim:
Rick Nash (50% retained- 3.9M hit).
Tanner Glass
New York:
Sami Vatanen
Ryan Garbutt
Obviously contingent on how the Ducks approach the offseason, but if they want to remain in contention given their status as a budget-team, I think this could be reasonably fair. Will save money as I think Sami will get around 4.5-5.5 this summer, an they are trading from a position of strength for one of weakness (though I don't know if they have any top 6 wing prospects coming along soon, maybe save for Ritchie). As for the minor part of this deal, think they'd be interested because although Tanner will make 1M next year, 100k more than Garbutt, his hit of 1.45 could be appealing if they anticipate any problems reaching the cap floor
That first deal is pretty terrible for us, in my opinion. Brassard alone should be returning that kind of package. Nash w/$3M retained should return a pretty hefty sum just by himself.
I jump all over the second deal.
I never, ever understood the hype around Brodin.
Literally do not see what he does well.
Yeah you're probably right. Probably overcompensated in pursuit of objectivity. Maybe should change that 2nd to a 1st and retain less on Nash. Probably just undervalued Brass's value.
with the full year lost due to the lockout that was 8 years..not 10, but i always call it the "Decade of despair" so to me its 10 years
I don't know, but currently I see them as closer to possible winning one than the Rangers are.
I want some moves to be made. Talking about hypotheticals is getting boring
I'd probably try and take Nash out of that deal completely, to be honest. Make the deal Brassard and a warm body for Fabbri and Berglund. Or, if the whole point is to move Nash, remove Brassard from the deal and do Nash (with some amount of retention) for Fabbri and a cap dump. Maybe throw a pick in there from STL to balance out things.
I understand Fabbri is the main piece here, and he had a nice rookie season, but Nash is a better player right now, and probably for the next couple seasons. We should be compensated for that.
I want some moves to be made. Talking about hypotheticals is getting boring
I never, ever understood the hype around Brodin.
Literally do not see what he does well.