There's just no way you can move Backlund after that series, would be shocked if he's not in the running for the captaincy

At least you understand Johnny is gone

Ducks decline.

Fowler, Zellweger, Vaakanien, Mahura, Thurn, Guhle, Larsson, Lacombe, Benoit, Hinds

we already have a logjam of LD and Lundestrom is developing as hoped to be our 3C for years to come

Phillips may become a nice bottom 6 piece one day but Lundestrom is too valuable to the future of the Ducks

Anaheim clearly declines. Lundestrom is indisputably the most valuable player in this deal, being a year younger than Valimaki and drafted a year later but having 150 NHL games under his belt; his 80 games this past season are almost equal to Valimaki's entire career (82 games). Neither Guhle nor Phillips are odds-on to stick in the NHL; I'd rate them as about even. So a third-round pick doesn't come close to closing the gap between Lundestrom and Valimaki and, as my friend @Salzy says with his usual accuracy, Lundestrom is expected to fill a spot on our third line next season but Valimaki would simply add to an abundance of young LDs we already have in the system.