MNBassman
Joined: May 2015
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I don't like the Buffalo trade unless that pick is a top 10. I'm a Ristolainen fan, but I can't see his trade value being that high. I have long thought he and Brodin would make an ideal pairing...one swift-skating, puck-moving, defensive-minded LHD and the other a big, mean, and nasty, offensive-minded RHD. I think it could be amazing. I would pull Brodin out of that deal and make the 1st top 10 protected and call it good. I think Staal for a top 10 protected 1st with the Wild taking those two contracts is close to a fair deal...especially if Buffalo rights its ship and becomes a contender again.