Young Cheap Talent for Next Year

Équipe: 2019-20 Ducks d'Anaheim

Date de création initiale: 27 nov. 2019

Publié: 27 nov. 2019

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

I only targeted players that seem to have fallen out of good grace with their respective teams, as I think just about all those players are not expected to report to their teams again.

The draft picks acquired for depth pieces are finicky, I'm sure I'll get random fans yelling about how much their 4th-7th round picks are.

I know Grant isn't really worth a 4th, but for some reasons GMs love him and he's having a really good season so far by his standards.

Toronto fans will probably be up in arms, but they need a backup goalie and Kevin Boyle, even though they've probably never heard of him, is actually a decent backup despite his rough AHL stats from this season (most of those are from the beginning of the season when the Gulls were playing very poorly). He's not a flashy goalie, but he has very good positioning and plays a lot like Freddy, I'm not saying he'll be that level, but based on his 5 games last year where he posted a .928 SV%, 1.21 GSAA and 0.87 dSV% despite an awful Ducks' system (thanks RC) he should give the Leafs a fighting chance in most games.

The Oilers trade works because Puljujarvi is never playing for Edmonton again and Shore, despite not getting much time this season, can be a serviceable skilled 3rd liner who can play all three positions. Oilers just need bodies that are NHLers in their bottom 6 and Shore is that (he's fast and has hands, if they put him in Kassian's spot he would likely be better than Kassian)

By acquiring a litany of highly-skilled "projects" the Ducks can free themselves up to trade some of their more established assets along with prospects to acquire star talent in the offseason. Also, all of the acquired "projects" have really good underlying analytics, so it's likely they outperform what is being offered to pay for them.

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