Once a Kings Fan Too
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If you're going to be a buyer, you have to have surplus assets to offer (if they're not surplus, it's difficult to make anything more than a lateral trade). For example, without passing on their value, Buffalo has an excess of RD and Anaheim has an extra young LD (Jacob Larsson, Brendan Guhle, Josh Mahura). I don't see anything "extra" on your team other than a surplus of middle-six forwards, all of whom are left-handed at that, which seems to me to restrict your possibilities. Furthermore, forward is where your need is, because you have a strong defense set through next season and goaltending hasn't really lost you a significant number of games even with Dubnyk underperforming. And other than Chris Kreider (yet another leftie), I don't see anyone on the horizon that might make a significant difference for you even though I've suggested a trade with Pittsburgh for homeboy Nick Bjugstad (based more on the Penguins' cap needs than anything else) a couple of times. Maybe some dice rolls like Ho-Sang or Puljujarvi might bear unexpected fruit, but they're risky.