Quoting: MeetYourMakar
I don't want to come off as a Rico hater or anything but he isn't worth a 1st at his age. If done around the tdl, it is a very little amount of cap retained for this year/need for that retention. It will be the big cap hits that retention will cost a premium. Next year retention does hold value but that value is 2.9m not 4-5m. Ducks have some names to sign so I understand 2.9m could matter. Given the '23 draft being so stacked, I think there's only one FWD on the block that deserves a 1st(no not Monahan) n its Kane. RoR is likely to ride out the year with STL. Not familair with your prospect pool to say if Axel makes up the difference. Will have to look into it. What are some of the Ducks needs and do you guys expect a top 4 rd out of Helleson? He was always proejcted as a 3rd pair reliable a-hole to play against.
Thank you for the explination.
I'd be happy if Helleson can be a bottom 4 guy, Drysdale *Should* develop into a top pairing RHD, and that leaves a question mark at 2RD looking forward a few seasons. Maybe Luneau or Warren take the spot, its hard to predict that far out with 18 and 19 year old guys. Warren looked like he might break into the roster sooner rather than later based on watching him in the pre season. I don't really know what we're going to do with Fowler going forward, but he is a known quantity in an otherwise unknown D core.
Axel was supposed to be an offensive D, but seems to have not have had his skills translate to pro in that regard, he's been developing into a stay at home D, but one of his big attributes are his speed and agility, might be a good 3RD for you guys, and can still probably crack it as a backup 2PPQB. We got him in the Kase deal from Boston a couple years back.
Ducks needs on the roster, we need a top 4 RHD of the defensive variety, we are going to need a top line LW, I would prefer it to be a power forward variety (what I would give to get Timo Meier for the Zegras Terry line). We're set at Center, Goaltending, and have a lot of internal options at LD. There's maybe some questions for bottom 6 wingers, kind of depends on what Verbeek wants to do.
I'd agree that if Rico was a rental, even with 50% retention he would not be worth a first, the question that comes up is, with another year of him at a sub 3 cap hit, does that push the needle far enough. I think it does, but maybe not for the 23, or maybe Anaheim needs to add a little bit, which i'm not opposed to.
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