Garland is not worth moving Valimaki for, Fowler is washed and definitely not waiving to Calgary.

How is Fowler washed? He’s a very good puck mover/ offensive dman, points haven’t been there the last few years because his team is garbage offensively. Great advanced stats and very good PP1 QB/LD2 option.

And disagree on Garland. 25 yr old RW with offensive upside and that skating ability is worthwhile. Similar price as Reinhart but better player imo

There are better UFA options if we want a one trick pony offensive dman, and we dont even need one since Hanifin was excellent post Sutter. As said above, there's no way he waives anyways. Monahan is also definitely worth more than him too.

Moving Valimaki after 1 subpar rookie season is a horrible idea. I do like Garland and would be happy to add him but moving Valimaki to do so is foolish

Oh I know who you are now from HF, makes sense now

Lol I love how you never post your own threads but just rip other ppl's apart consistently. Also you have an EvolvingHockey acct, check out how effective Fowler is offensively according to the numbers on a legitimately awful offensive team. He's definitely a fine LD2 and is not just a one-trick pony, although I agree he'd never waive to come here so point is moot. Who'd you rather? Jake McCabe? Ryan Murray? Think you're sleeping on Fowler, he was incredibly effective as a puck-mover back when Anaheim was a playoff team and had some decent forwards. I also think Monahan's value will only continue to lessen as he inevitably gets demoted away from Johnny/Chucky but you thought him for Larkin was a lateral swap so clearly we don't agree there lol.

As for Garland, he is exactly the type of 1/2 RW we need imo. As was Buchnevich. Definitely worth 1st+, maybe Valimaki is too steep but also exactly the type of guy we need and now that we lost out on all of Garland Buch and Reinhart we're running out of options. I'd love to hear your ideal off-season plans? How do we get one of those prime-aged RW's that we desperately need without paying up?

Im not ripping on you, just saying i know who you are now. Like i understand already eho you like/dislike

Oh kk gotcha. Wasn't sure what you meant. I get being hesitant to move Valimaki for sure, I just am getting pretty desperate to address our concerns up-front and also don't trust any of our young dmen to step into the top-4. Who are some of your top targets?

#1 for next year is fine, Hanifin was doing excellent to end the season. Valimaki had 1 mediocre rookie year. Personally i want to add McCabe for the season