Thinking ahead here and I know I might get ripped for this but **** it. Seems to me Folin is legit, definitely as a bottom pairing guy, possibly a too pairing guy moving forward. Combine that with the fact that we have Oloffsson coming at some point as he continues to improve and the assumption (yes I know it's not set in stone but I'm saying assuming during this hypothetical) we sign Reilly as a UFA, that gives us quite the log jam on defense.
With Spurgeon's contract coming up next summer, does that make him expendable? Or perhaps Folin if Fletcher is dead set on keeping Spurge. I've been trying to figure out a trade where we trade Spurgeon+ to a team with some center depth for a true #1 center who is also around 25.
Best I came up with so far is:
To NYI: Spurgeon/Folin, Kuemper, 4th
To MIN: Anders Lee, 2017 2nd
Thoughts? Other ideas?