We'll see.
Perreault was such a big player for the Ducks they elected to pass on re signing him.
David Desharnais a similar player is consistently in trade rumors. But his value stinks because every top center in the league wants to play against him. Fact is most of these types are signed as free agents almost never traded for. Their production grossly exceeds value.....and there's a reason for it.
I like watching little skilled players but coaches hate them. I tried finding some similar players who have been traded for like Perreault but the fact is there are none.
I make up a position just like you all make up what we should have gotten for Kesler. A futures deal wasn't in the cards....ownership didn't want it.....you all kill me because it's getting to be like an ex girlfriend stocker scenario. Benning blew it!!!! We should have gotten the 10th, Theodore, the 24th and Vatanen. I'm sure if he just kept asking Murray would have caved?
Kesler wanted out.....he wasn't going back into the room. He had full control of his movement. The make him sit scenario is just 20/20 hindsight garbage. We just emerged from a gong show goalie soap opera and you all think Benning should start with doing what his predecessor just got canned for.....FML
While you say we would have both players (Subban and Vatanen) it's entirely likely Subban never signs here because a 24 yr old in the exact same mould would be blocking his progression and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out he had no future hear if that's the case. Do you remember what happened with Cody Hodgson and his top 6 quest and Sven Baertschi's case in Calgary.
I stand by my statement.......skilled smurfs are available every draft in rounds 3-7.
The Ducks have an internal cap and chose to let Perreault go when he threatened arbitration. They didn’t want to risk a potential long term deal when they have youth ready to step in, and we’re already focused on getting Kesler – a superior player. We, on the other hand, could both afford Perreault, and utilize him as a stopgap, with the hope Horvat eventually overtakes him.
You really ought to stop evaluating players you know nothing about. Perreault put up respectable numbers in less games – on two different teams. Meanwhile, Desharnais struggles to produce when not lined up with a 40 goal scorer. The difference between them is quite noteworthy.
Seguin? Spezza? Both are skill oriented players, albeit on a tier far above Perreault. And those were just off the top of my head. A coach not liking them means we ought to question said coach’s qualifications, especially if he values an inferior player because of arbitrary nonsense. Case in point, if Willie insists on using Sutter on the second line all season despite Horvat outplaying him. My takeaway will be Willie doesn’t deserve to coach at the NHL level.
Nice of you to disregard context to build your strawman. Murray explicably stated at the prior deadline
all his picks were available. I fail to see he would abruptly drop value from essentially an open market to “junk.” Furthermore, Anaheim considered Bonino a valued piece, thus us demanding him meant they weren’t going to add substantially more – a fair stance when you factor Bonino was coming off a breakout season, and had a fantastic contract.
This suggests Anaheim might well have
preferred dealing Vatanen or Theodore on the basis they keep a cheap asset who just put up 22 goals for them. We insisted on Bonino, resulting in a package that did nothing to address our actual needs. The subsequent extension Sbisa received only further implies Benning
wanted him all along. You don’t give 3.6M to a player you viewed as a cap dump, especially while he’s in the midst of a dreadful season.
The package I suggested fit
both the mandate from ownership and building for the future.
Perreault = Roster player; replacement for Kesler
Vatanen = Roster player; future asset; much needed puck moving defenseman
McCann = Future asset
And finally, your perpetual aversion to “smurfs” is ridiculous, as is your scenario. Subban is not even a NHL player nor have we
any indication he ever will become one. The fact you continuously cite this as an example for why acquiring Vatanen would be a bad idea, frankly, shows how little you know of the players in question. By the time Subban pushed his way into the roster, Bieksa would either have been traded or retired, therefore spotting a spot. If Corrado proved himself, we would find ourselves in a position of having three solid right side defenseman – a luxury few teams have. In what universe would this ever be considered bad?
Indeed. Although the ones available rarely go on to put up 37 points in 67 games in their rookie season, all at the age of twenty four, as defenseman. But, since he’s a smurf, we’ll just ignore that. Arbitrary assessments are much more important than proven talent!
While I'm not holding my breath on Luca, it almost feels as though some here hate the guy as though they were personally footing the bill for his salary. Still too early to say for sure on the Kesler deal imo
