Once a Kings Fan Too
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Looking at some of your trades in isolation (because the net result of all of them is a team with Alexander Wennberg, Michael McLeod, Joel Eriksson Ek and two wingers down the middle, which is a guaranteed entry in the Lafreniere sweepstakes), Anaheim isn't taking anyone on an expiring contract, even Jared Spurgeon, for a first, a second, and a guy who looks like he'll be an NHL defenseman. Your idea of a fourth and a fifth "paying" for Victor Rask is, how shall I put this nicely, intergalactically unrealistic. Rask and a third would get you a B prospect, not a proven character NHLer like Lewie. You can't sign a UFA to a long-term deal and then turn around and move him elsewhere, or you'll never sign another free agent again as long as you are GM. And I know that Eric Staal is "aging out," but Tage Thompson and a second plus two stiffs doesn't seem like a reasonable return for him.