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Take out the EDM trade and I like the team much better. I'd rather have Brodin paired with Dumba/Risto over Nurse. ROR/Koivu are rather redundant as top-6 centers. Keep Staal and move Koivu to 3C, Larsson as 4C and I like the center depth much better.
I don't see why Buffalo makes this trade. It strips their center depth and as much as I like Mittlestadt I think he needs at least a year of 3C before he steps into a 2C role. It also only guarantees 2 years of Granny/Spurgeon. It would be a win now move for a team that is still deeply flawed in the bottom-6, defense, and at goalie.