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    New thread? This discussion could last until June 26th!
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    For the bolded, do you mean "prime" or "peak"? Because 5 of the last 7 Vezina winners have been 27 or under. For the truly elite guys, it seems like they enter their prime around age 24 or 25, and I think Gibby has been in his prime for a few seasons now too. Gibby has a sweet contract considering his talent level, but my big concern with him is that he won't be able to sustain it for the life of his contract if the team goes full rebuild. He already looks worn out and mentally defeated at times to me. If this team goes full tank and starts selling off good players for picks and prospects, it's only going to get worse for him over the remainder of this season and the next 2-3 seasons, because that's what a full rebuild is going to look like... 2-3 seasons (minimum) of really awful Ducks hockey. If this goes full rebuild, I'd have no problem with him being moved too. He'd bring back a king's ransom in futures that the team could build around.
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    That’s quite a spin on Garrioch’s original story. What’s the source on this?
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    For sure the defense would be damaged this season. The defense was terrible when Manson was out and probably would be terrible again if he were to be traded. However, there are quite a few RHDs on the UFA market this summer. Maybe GMBM wanders into the UFA market and targets a guy like Hamonic, or even a Vatanen or Jultz to run the PP. Personally, I'd love to see Sami come back (bringing Finns back for a second run is awesome!). Lindholm-Vatanen, Fowler-Gudbranson would be a solid top-4 IMO.
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    That's an interesting idea, but I doubt GMBM would give up anything of significance to rent him. Galchenyuk also has enough skill and scoring ability that I would think a team with playoff aspirations and cap space would be interested in acquiring him and would be willing to give up more than we would for the rental. Colorado for example.
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    TBF, it looks like he's absolutely nailed the Gudbranson trade. But yeah, a Palmierian highway robbery would be awesome and would really accelerate the re-tool/re-build. btw, I just saw the Elliott Friedman mentioned in one of his December "31 Thoughts" that Anaheim has been one of the teams that has inquired in the past about Bennett. Good call on that one. Let's see if anything comes of it.
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    They've got Seth Jones and David Savard as their top-2 RHD, so I don't think there's a place for Manson in their lineup. Rico would make some sense for them if they want to bring in a center with term. However, if we want Anderson or Wennberg, I think that kind of a trade would make the most sense in the early summer when we can send picks and prospects back their way rather than a roster player.
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    Torts has been extremely critical of his center play. I think it was last week that he said something to the media about his team having only one center (Dubois), which was obviously a shot at all of the other centermen they have there. Given his comments, if they stay in the playoff picture I would assume they'd be looking for center depth. I'm sure they would also love some more defensive depth too considering how often Ryan Murray gets hurt. Edit: Columbus also needs to recoup some of the draft picks they gave away when they went all-in last season, and they don't have many to use as trade bait to acquire players this season
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    Interesting ideas here. Good stuff. A few questions though... Gustafsson and Gostisbehere would definitely bring some much-needed offense, but they're also left-shot guys that play the left side & left point on the PP (as far as I have seen). Are you thinking that the Ducks could plug them in on the 3rd pair, or would this be a step towards moving on from one of Fowler or Lindholm? Because the Fowler as a RD experiment was a total bust, and we haven't really seen Lindholm tried on the right side very much to know if that's an option. Bennett definitely intrigues me too. He plays a very aggressive game and is fearless about going into the dirty areas (something this team needs more of), and I'm also of the opinion that he has more untapped potential that would really benefit from a change of scenery. He's also primarily a LW though, and if we keep all of Comtois, Jones, and Ritchie then Bennett becomes kind of redundant as a middle-6 LW. Did you have in mind moving one or more of those kids? A Ritchie for Bennett swap would be good with me. Two gritty guys that have under-performed their draft positions and could probably use a change of scenery. Josh Anderson is also a very interesting name, but I'd be surprised if Columbus trades him after his big season in 2018-19 unless they're getting something really good in return, which would seem a bit risky given his current injury situation. When it comes to Columbus, I'm also currently on the Wennberg train. I think he'd be available for cheap and I still think he has a higher ceiling that would benefit from being away from Torts' system.
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    Didn’t the Ducks blow a 2 goal lead against Detroit and lose at home?
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    That only affects the amount of the fine that can be levied, not the number of games he can be suspended for.
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    Suspended 5 games. Guess we'll look forward to an April Fools Day reunion instead.
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    Sounds like he may be sulking the same way Sprong was when he didn't make the big club's roster to start the season, which would account for Andersson's current lack of production. He was more productive last season when he had the lower expectations of playing in the AHL. To be fair, Steel is a bit older (he's from the draft class ahead of Andersson) and he didn't play his whole life on the European ice surface prior to coming over to play the "A". And Steel's NHL production from this season is a totally unfair comparison. Steel started the season with Silfverberg and Rakell as his wingers and he's gotten plenty of PP time - in fact, Steel averages 1:50 of PP TOI per game, compared to Andersson who has played a total of 55 seconds this season on the PP - while Andersson was basically stapled to the Rangers 4th line with Haley (barely a hockey player) and Brendan Smith (a converted D-man) as his wingers because he's stuck behind Zibanejad, Strome and Chytil on the Rangers Center depth chart. I'm not saying Andersson is the next McDavid or anything, but I'd totally take a flier on him. Especially if he could be had for some of our redundant pieces. Like maybe we could send Devin Shore and a 3rd to New York for him.
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    Lias Andersson has requested a trade from the Rangers. Former #7 pick in 2017. He hasn’t shown much yet, but he’s only 21 and still has time to find his way at the NHL level. Bet he’d be cheap, and since he’s forcing their hand I’m sure the Rags preference would be to send him West to a non contender. Would you?
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    I’m not sure what to make of the Crawford situation, but it sounds like Peters was being a terrible human very recently. There are allegations of him kicking and punching players in the head in Carolina, where he was coaching as recently as 2018. Peters also resigned, he wasn’t fired, and my suspicion is that he resigned to put an end to the Flames investigation, which he probably knew would dig up a whole lot of other incidents of misconduct, maybe even in the current locker room. Calgary also got knocked out of the playoffs in the first round in 5 games last season to the #8 seeded Avs, which had to have upset the front office. And the Flames were just treading water for the first two months of this season. I also think it’s interesting that the Flames have won five straight since Peters was replaced behind the bench. So removing Peters seems to be about as punishing to the Flames as removing Carlyle was punishing to the Ducks last season.
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    The expansion rules were fairly prohibitive for Vegas in terms of signing UFAs that first season because they were required to take an ED eligible player from every team (30 teams) and they also ended up acquiring a number of players in trades (i.e. Theo, Tuch, Reilly Smith, Grabovski, Clarkson, etc.), some of whom made the opening night roster. Since the ED-eligible list is basically made up entirely of NHL-caliber players, Vegas' roster was pretty full after the draft, so when UFA opened they were pretty much only signing players for their minor league team. I'd expect it to be a pretty similar situation for Seattle in 2021. Also, I believe the rules were set up so that Vegas could select a UFA in the ED, and that player would then count as the player taken from the last team he was under contract with. So in theory, Seattle could select Gudbranson with their pick from the Ducks, but it would seem odd to do that unless they already knew they could get a favorable deal done with him on July 1st.
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    With the expansion draft looming, I'd also like to wait on that extension. If he continues to play well with Fowler, I'd hope that GMBM will agree to a extension with him in principle during next season, but then wait until after the ED to sign him. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that if he's signed to an extension before the expansion draft then he would need protection, whereas if he is unsigned then he wouldn't. If unsigned, Seattle could still select him, but they'd probably have less incentive to do so if he wasn't already inked to a contract.
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    With all the bad news about Babs, Peters, Crawford, etc. dominating the headlines, it’s nice to see good guy Bruce Boudreau coaching the hell out of the Wild right now. 8-0-3 over their last 11, and just beat Tampa in their own building. I really miss the big red tomato. Good guy. Great coach.
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    There's a negative with both approaches. If they want him during the season, they'll have to give up a decent asset in a trade. If they want to sign him in free agency, they will have to out-bid other teams for his services, which would likely mean too much money, too many years, or an NTC. Or all three. Depending on the asset(s), I'd probably lean towards the trade, because I think he'd re-sign for a more team-friendly deal if he isn't simultaneously being wooed by other teams. So something like Ritchie + 2nd would be fine with me, as long as the extension was already agreed to in principle at the time of the trade.
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    My presumption would be that he would re-sign in Anaheim. He was popular in the locker room here, he liked SoCal, and the Ducks were his favorite team since childhood. Vatanen could easily become Beauchmin part deux, if GMBM was interested. I also don't think the Gudbranson trade precludes a Sami return. Gudbranson doesn't PP, and the right point on the PP is a glaring hole right now. And who here wouldn't prefer Gudbranson locking down that 3rd pairing with Guhle/Mahura instead of Holzer/MDZ? Anybody? Fowler had his only all-star selection when he was paired with Vatanen (before RC sucked the fun out of hockey for both of them), and Sami's game is actually tailor-made for the zone defense and up-tempo transition schemes that HCDE is trying to implement. Getting Vatanen back actually makes a TON of sense IMO.
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    If GMBM is feeling the urge to trade for a 28-year-old New Jersey Devil on an expiring contract, he should just bring back Sami Vatanen to fix our ailing power play. I don't think a 1st round pick would be required to pull that trade off.
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    He's actually a LW. I think the Oilers experimented with him at center back in the day, but he's now even less of a center than Rakell is.
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    Yeah, that’s why I typed it as “replacement(s)” with the quotes around the plural. Could go either way for Kase. He has certainly been a top-6 RW in the past, but you could also make an argument that he’s been playing on Getzlaf’s RW, which was traditionally Pears’ spot, so in a way he has replaced CP10 in a specific spot in the lineup. When Pears was here and healthy, he was usually with Getzlaf (aside from some odd lines during the end of BB’s tenure) and a Kase was on Rico’s RW. Again, no argument here about the justifications for the change. Just thought it was an interesting parallel in production.
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    Meanwhile... Troy Terry - 2G / 2A / 4pts / -6 in 21 games Ondrej Kase - 1G / 6A / 7pts / +4 in 15 games [Not trying to make any kind of a point here. Just think it's interesting to see Perry's replacement(s) posting essentially the same stats that Perry has in Dallas thus far.]
  25. dtsdlaw
    BRB. On my way to buy a lottery ticket...
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