To my ANA friends

Would you accept this?
Keep in mind that
1) He's injured right now and I'm not sure on his timetable
2) He's probably gone at the end of the season

Dermott gives you an upgrade in your bottom 6 for the rest of this year and next, at a pretty decent cap hit.
I don't think Manson gets a first, so a very good prospect (that doesn't count against the 50 contract list) and a second seems pretty fair with a replacement piece

Honestly, I'd love to go after Lindholm, but the Leafs would have to blow their brains out to get him, and we need help on the right side.

I've always been a big Manson fan.........Josh, not Charles.......

I’m not sure how I feel but I do like Benoit on the 3rd pairing personally

That's fair enough. I only moved him down because he was a piece that didn't have to go through waivers to be sent down.

Its a no simply by idea of trading Benoit for Dermott. Benoit is solid on the 3rd paring and has elevated play of other young players like Mahura. Moreover, I dont think we get a 1st but we literally got Fluery for Hakanpaa last year. I bet we can get a decent deal thats probably better then this. Also the leafs need to go for Lindholm. This isnt the year to settle. They can't lose in the first round again.

It's a tough call. Even with the addition of a guy like Lindholm, we're in tough in our division. Facing either TB or FLA in the first and second round (I'm going to assume that the wild card - probably BOS - won't make it through), is going to be an extremely tough task, even with upgrades. Our goaltending has been spotty since Christmas, our second line hasn't been producing, and we have had bad luck with deadline acquisitions the last couple years.
I wanna see this team make a deep run and win a cup, but Dubas has to do his due diligence and address the key needs without upsetting the apple cart.