Navin R Slavin
Fifth line center
His past shouldn’t matter. A team with Pesce and Slavin should know that.
It was obvious from both Slavin and Pesce's first seasons on the ice that they were Super Good, especially for being 4th and 3rd round picks respectively. It's not yet clear to me that Kapanen is Super Good.
Anyways, just thought the idea would be enticing. He may not be an ideal 1st liner but he’s a better option than a Tofolli type of reclamation project. I don’t think a player like Kap is available unless the team is unbalanced like Toronto so I’m not sure there are too many other options.
That's my point. I'm not interested in any of those options. I'm not interesting in trading talent for talent, because you can't trade for top line talent unless you find a sucker -- and frankly, we've been the sucker more often than not lately.
I'd rather that we just suck for a while and build a pipeline, and let Charlotte compete for a Calder or two. Make those kids hungry winners. I've seen a decade of this shit. I'm ready for a real rebuild. I'm ready to Trust the Process.