Quoting: Boomer125
I never said the return was enough, but really the Ducks do not have a bunch of Middle Forwards - Ritchie, Kase, Shore, Deslauriers are all bottom 6 and most have 4th line production.
Max Jones is middle 6 with top 6 potential
Rackell and Silfverberg are top 6
Rowney - bottom
Terry - bottom
Grant - bottom
To be real Ducks have a bunch of Bottom 6 F and 80% of them are 4 the liners
They have 2 wingers with middle 6 potential
Kapenen is a massive upgrade in the Ducks Forward group
Ok so we agree the return isn't enough
I agree on Shore, Deslauries and Ritchie
I would say Jones profiles as a Mid six, I don't see him becoming a top six as much as I would love that
Kase is a mid six at worst, he had a pretty unlucky start to the year but has turned it around as of late and has top 6 potential, 9 points in his last 13
Rakell is top 6 for sure, but I'd argue Silf is a great mid six winger I dont see him on a good offensive teams top six, great second line winger/amazing 3rd liner
Rowney and Grant probably get moved at the deadline
Terry still has mid six potential imo but I'll say its looking more likely at bottom 6
Guys like Comtois and Sprong have top 6 upside, Comtois more likely but if Sprong can shore up his defensive game he is an elite offensive talent waiting to bloom
So in my eyes Kase, Comtois, Jones, Silf are our mid six wingers going forward, with potential for Sprong/Terry/Ritchie being a mid six winger as well
Zegras-Steel-Lundestrom our going to be our top 3 centres so theres even potential for Henrique to join that mid six winger convo, our Henrique stays at C and Lundestrom moves to a mid six wing role
Guys further away like Tracey and BOG could play into the mid six as well
I would love to add Kapanen but not for Manson which as said we agree on if it came off like I don't want Kap that isnt the case, just not for Manson unless we add a young impactful RD some other way but it would be Kap + (Not Bracco) in my mind
Edit: sorry for the long response ahah