Once a Kings Fan Too
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Whether you should trade a particular defenseman or what that player's value in trade is may be up for debate. What should NOT be up for debate is whether you want to trade away all of your defensive depth. Trading away Edmundson, Van Riemsdyk and Fleury leaves you no room for error or, more accurately, no room for injury. God forbid that one of your top 4 (whichever they are) get injured, but if they do, your strategy would result in playing two AHLers on that side.
You are apparently aggravated by Edmundson's recent play. I get that -- what do you think watching Kurtis MacDermid and Ben Hutton and Michael Del Zotto and Korbinian Holzer and even Josh Manson from time to time every night is like? But you can't let that overwhelm your need for depth on the back line.