Modifié 12 avr. 2021 à 22 h 5
Look, I'm not saying Dumba to the Canucks is out of the question or that the extra 1st isn’t tempting.
Because it is.
But it won't be for Myers and a 1st. As others have already noted, we already have our heir apparent for Dumba in Calen Addison. Plus two more prospects who project to be #4-6 type defenseman on top of that in Brennan Menell and Louie Belpedio.
So losing Dumba isn't so much an issue of expansion concerns, as it's an issue of no longer continue affording him with the large contracts due up. At which point its more imperative to maximize return of value lost than for free. People think we lose if that happens, but if we let Seattle take Dumba, we just gained $6M in open cap space.
The point being we're in no rush or will be hurt franchise wise by going either route. Losing him for free would suck, and I can't say I'd enjoy handing Seattle a top pairing RHS OFD for free, but the cap space gained is nothing to sneeze at either.
This doesn't mean Guerin doesn't turn over every rock he can to maximize any possible returns he could get for the guy. He's been pretty vocal about what he wants. Either a 1st or 2nd line center, or top six winger is the most ideal return. But he would settle for a good center prospect who has top six potential, plus picks.
I.E. Morgan Frost, Alex Newhook, Peyton Krebs, Cody Glass, Trevor Zegras, Cole Perfetti.
Those are just examples, not saying it's what he would get, but who Guerin would ask for all the same.
Realistically, the only two players I would expect Guerin would try and get back in any Dumba trade to Vancouver is either Horvat or Boeser. Not that I'm saying he'd succeed or that the trade package would be the same, as it would obviously shift depending on the ask returns gained by both sides.