Laine

Unless said player is a proven, RH, prime years, 2nd coming of Niklas Lidstrom, no way in hell I am giving up 4 x 1sts for anyone.

We’ll gladly take Lafreniere if you want.

Unless we get lucky in the lottery, we aren't getting anywhere near Lafreniere. Expect this year's Ducks team to be competing for the playoffs.

With that defense and virtually no scoring power except laine Getzlaf Rakell , they’d need to be carried by Gibson

I was talking about the current team, not the one above. The proposed team with Laine and Faulk is a definite improvement. That team would have no problem competing for the playoffs. It's better than LA, EDM, VAN and CGY, that's for sure. However, Laine ain't worth 4 x 1sts, even late ones. Our scouting team is just too damn good for that.

In terms of our current team, our D is bad outside our top pairing of Lindholm-Manson. However, the rest of the team looks pretty good. The biggest improvement this season will be that RC is gone. Already hearing good things about Eakins, so we'll see. I am expecting us to be pushing for a playoff spot. Offence will definitely be up now that players are being given more freedom and being coached on what they CAN do instead of what they CAN'T.