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Straight up might work, but we're not "tossing in" LaCombe

blues don’t do it straight up

Not after Zegras’s awful year this year, however I do think he’ll bounce back

Also what’s the rundown on Lacombe? Compared to your other D prospects

You can make a reasonable argument that Kyrou is an upgrade over Zegras and I'll assume for purposes of discussion that he is . . . as the Anaheim GM, I wouldn't make that incremental upgrade at the expense of losing a promising young defenseman; if I'm dealing Jackson LaCombe, it's to acquire a similar asset at RhD or RW.

To put it another way, the difference between our current bottom-5 status and playoff contention is more than the difference between Trevor Zegras and Jordan Kyrou. A lot more.

He's going to be a fine all around top 4 D, his offensive ceiling that was there in College isn't, but he's becoming outright good at defense and he's an above average skater. Outlet passes are good, decision making is good, can play on his off side pretty well. Hence why we're not tossing him in. Any value difference is covered between Kyrou and Zegras is covered by Z being younger, cheaper, and able to play center.

Then I imagine the blues just keep Kyrou and if they go for Zegras they’d use there first