If Merkley makes it out of camp

Why Arizona are doing that ? Like it didn’t make sense at all.

I like the idea. Heed would definitely be expendable and a viable trade chip instead of being used as a 7th D man. I've constantly wondered what Fischer and Garland would cost in a trade. Like both players as a sneaky good pickup on the wing.

I would want Vlasic with Merkley. His defensive game is the least refined of our 3 offensive RD, so he's probably gonna make a lot more mistakes, and should be paired with our best defensive defensman.

Arizona are doing that cause they need affordable help at D. It makes plenty of sense. If you take a second and check out their lineup they are stacked at RW. Fischer is expendable.

Dillon would be plenty sufficient for Merkley while also protecting him from being targeted. Vlasic needs to be with EK, that pair is too good to break up. That said I wouldn't be opposed to Pickles pairing up with Merk as Dillon is good with EK65.