Quoting: hanson493
right but wouldnt you want to be the worst team possible to get one of those top 10 guys? unless thats why your targeting ceci? are you telling me over an 82 game season you think the ducks with a couple moves are better than 8 other teams in the west?
Quoting: TheJoeMan
Why would we have to? We're not a playoff team, throwing assets at a Band-Aid that won't address the main problem of this team seems like mismanagement to me. Now signing a low-level guy to fill the gap, fine. That's what the Sbisa signing was about. But I don't think we should be moving multiple pieces for a stop-gap when our sights are on a lottery pick anyway.
Not moving multiple pieces for a stop gap, a mid round pick (leafs fans have said above a 4-5th gets it done) why wouldn't we make that move to avoid putting someone that isnt ready in a top 4 role. I know Ceci isn't great but I'd rather do that than rush Larsson or someone else into a role they arent ready for.
If you think we don't need to make a move that's just ignorant imo our RD depth needs to improve before the Manson injury and now we definitely need to do something.
I would 100% rather sign McQuaid or a similar player or even call Hakanpaa or wideman up, but one has to think if it were going to happen it would have by now.
Giving a mid rounder for Ceci isn't mismanagement, it helps protect our younger players that we shouldn't rush into Larger roles because our Roster is poorly constructed, even if we are focused on a lottery pick, making a move for a RD is necessary imo even if it is just to protect our younger LD to avoid playing them on their off-side