Why tho he’s not that good...
Yeah our defense sucks but Ben MF Hutton isn’t gonna dramatically shakeup our defense. At this point in time, what’s the point?Didnt the just rank us dead last out of 31 teams on defense? I would be ok just to see a shakeup, maybe it means we lose some dead weight.
Pretty much this.If theyre looking at him there must be plans for another move/buy out/waive somoeone
Same here, Would much rather go after Honka then Hutton.Honka is asking for a trade in Dallas:
https://www.tsn.ca/dallas-stars-gm-nill-rfa-julius-honka-has-requested-trade-1.1364954
If we're going to roll the dice on a smaller move for a defenseman, I'd sooner go the route of a guy with a higher ceiling (even if the odds are low).
That's quite possible, Can't see Stevie Y being interested in him. We just signed Nemeth whom pretty much replaces Kronner.I think it sounds like his agent is trying to drum up some interest by leaking these possible suitors.
Honka is asking for a trade in Dallas:
https://www.tsn.ca/dallas-stars-gm-nill-rfa-julius-honka-has-requested-trade-1.1364954
If we're going to roll the dice on a smaller move for a defenseman, I'd sooner go the route of a guy with a higher ceiling (even if the odds are low).
Given Stevie's MO, I assume Hutton would be offered 2 yrs at most, and that he'd carry Daley and BigE as spares. I don't like it because it means Cholo won't see any ice time unless a whole bunch of players get injured.I think it could be just asset management.
Sign free asset, trade another Ericsson/Daley/Green for futures.
After few years, Hutton would be next in line to be traded when some kids are gonna take his spot.
That trade is beyond horrible for us. Honka isn't a good prospect & Hanzal is done, nor has he played a full season since 2009-2010. In fact he hasn't played more than 65 games in any of the last 10 years, many of those with 30+gp! Re: LTIR, we still have Franzen & Z eating up all our LTIR.Ooooo this is interesting. I wonder how we could possibly make it work ?
We send:
Mike Green with 50% retained salary.
Dallas sends:
Honka
Martin Hanzal (keeps the salaries right and they gain some in cap space back without having to have dead money in the organisation with him on LTIR)
Haznzal expires at the end of the year and if he is going to be put on LTIR anyway then it wouldn't be an issue for him to waive his NTC
(I love playing dumbass head in the cloud fantasy trade time)
Probably then looking at:
DeKeyser - Hronek
Nemeth - Honka
Cholowski - Bowey
Seider to come in next year or towards the end of this one, couldn't hurt, if it pays off and Seider and Honka develop then we have the right side of our defense locked down for a long time with some to spare in the AHL also.
That trade is beyond horrible for us. Honka isn't a good prospect & Hanzal is done, nor has he played a full season since 2009-2010. In fact he hasn't played more than 65 games in any of the last 10 years, many of those with 30+gp! Re: LTIR, we still have Franzen & Z eating up all our LTIR.