I'm not attached to either player but you need to replace them with better options if you trade them.
Even if Edvinsson pulls a Seider and takes the #2 spot, that moves Hronek down the lineup where he'd look better.
Same goes for Zadina though that seems more easily replaceable.
Zadina out - Berggren in.
I doubt that Berggren, a feisty, fast and skilled winger scores less than Zadina’s 26 points. He would have to Uber bust to not score that much.
Or shit, sign Palat. He’s a good guy in the room, plays solid 2 way hockey and has some life left. He plays in a way that he could contribute as a great 3rd liner when he’s older and slower. And he can help to bring in a winning culture.
Hronek out - Klingberg in.
Trade for Klingberg’s rights. Offer him a front loaded 6 year deal. Defensemen age better than forwards and he’s less than 30, AND he doesnt play a physical grinding style that ages poorly, and he also doesn’t have bad injury history. So you get 4-5 good years of him on the 2nd pair next to Edvinsson. The final year we can expect the cap to be north of 90 mil and if we need to move him then we can move him. But he can be the RD solution behind Seider for years.
Relegate Lindstrom back to 7th d and sign Jan Rutta for the 3rd pair RD spot me I think we made our defense at least league average again even before getting anther LD.
