The Chicago deal is solid. I love Ryan Hartman and his style of play. I think Eriksson + Subban is more than enough to get Hartman + 1st. Don't need Runblad, he's another bottom 6 defenseman and we have enough of those. The Arizona deal is hit-or-miss. I'm not sure Arizona would do that. Michael Stone is a decent top 4 defenseman right now. They'd be downgrading at the position. Us throwing a first for him seems like a bad use of assets on our end, since you traded Eriksson, thus saying we're still going for it, but may still miss the playoffs (and they have a better chance to miss w/o Eriksson). With that you gave up a potential lottery pick (and if they don't win the lottery who knows where they'd fall) and at worst an early (top 15) first. Not sure Stone is worth that. Also, could have sworn Downie was placed on waivers already. Could have claimed him for free.

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Thing is that Rundblad is a bottom 3 on a strong Chicago team, bringing him in would help our weak right side. So before the ARZ deal we'd have 3 1st rounders. So I'd use our 2nds to get Stone and Downie, sending Kevan Miller instead of Trotman. So in the e the CHI deal stays as is and the ARZ deal becomes K.Miller and 2 2nd 2016 for Downie and Stone. Unless there's a way to make it so that Boston can get both Stone and Boedeker. Which I'd think would be a 1st, a 2nd, Trotman and Griffith. Thanks for not ripping into me for once.

I only rip into you when you come out with head scratching A GM. This one was actually solid (though i don't overly care for the ARZ one -- I can see your point).