Rejoint: juin 2016
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I generally agree with the reasoning. I do think adding a high end forward could push us forward for the next couple years. It is one of the reasons I really want Duchene. If we consider that this deal is likely Vats last as a Duck no matter what because of guys like Montour/Manson then moving him for a shorter term asset like Duchene makes sense. You're not losing a whole lot of "asset control" but it also gives Steel a full year in the AHL with injury call ups. The D is obviously weaker without Vats but we has fans were prepared for that. We have 3 young Vets in Fowler, Lindy, Manson, 2 older guys in Bieksa and Holzer leaving room for 2 rookie D with Montour(who we expect in the lineup anyway) and either Larsson(most likely) or Megna. Still leaving guys like Megna, Pettersson, and Welinski as depth call ups from the A. I deal like this also opens future money as we would expect to lose Duchenes 6 mill ehoch can be rotated into new deals for deserving young players.
So in summation you create a definitive top 9 that every team will have issues matching with while also maintaining legit D depth. You could even sign a guy like Beauch to a cheap deal if you're worried about the rookies.