doubt anahiem needs him, but new jersey could use defense. the leafs. maybe even philly or pitts

Like I said, anyone, anywhere, as long as it's a first so we can trade up as needed. We can't walk out of the draft without a potential top pairing LHD.

unless we win the lottery and draft hughes, most likely we'll draft a LHD. there some pretty good ones in this years draft. if we can hughes, maybe we can package some with scherbak poehling and petry for a lhd. in this case maybe vegas with shea theodore? or anahiem with lindholm? just a thought. we can retain on petry as well.

retaining on Petry can only help add to the value - not sure I want to trade Poehling. With Poehling and Suzuki we have two chances for a legit top 2 C pairing in Kotkaneimi + whoever. If we trade one we have to be sure the other works out. I think Suzuki makes it onto the roster next year (he's dominating junior) as a RW and does C work based on injuries. Poehling shows up after a brief transition in the AHL.

But Petry and maybe Tatar are our big trade chips