Blowing It Up

You will find 00000 ANA fans remotely interested in this. Switch the pick to the EDM 1st and it’s a pass from my pov

ANA has no interest in Lilj or Petr. Lilj is not the mold of defender needed to pair with Minty in our top 4. Marner is solid but not at the expense of either Zegras (opening up yet another hole to fill) or our top 5 pick.

There are tons of RD and RWs available this summer. Many better RD options than Lilj (Roy, Pesce), and some comparable to Marner (Reinhart, Stammer short term). We’ll go after those while keeping Zegras and our 1st thank you very much

I really like this, which means you are either...

a) overvaluing Marner
b) undervaluing Cooley
c) both

Also, the long-term outlook is pretty shaky, you signed too many expensive defenseman. How are we supposed to pay Tavares, McCabe, Woll, Knies, and Cooley within the next two years?

Even with an extension, Marner isn't worth Zegras and Celebrini or Levshunov, so this would depend on how the draft lotteries shake out, but I doubt that we'd be interested even then because Liljegren and Petruzzelli aren't needle-movers.

Edit: And note that it's conditional on Marner signing an extension in advance, which almost never happens.

I like Marner far better than Zegras, but to ask the Ducks for Zegras AND their first rounder = no buys.

Marner isn’t a fit for Anaheim and Verbeek isn’t moving this years 1st AND Zegras