Getz isn't going anywhere most likely, by his choice, fill NTC and has publicly stated he doesn't want to chase a cup to end his career

I've been saying this for months, and this Kase trade shows that A. GMBM is f*cking clueless at player evaluations, and B. He has no plan for the team, you don't trade Kase unless you're just selling everything in which case you sell your Rico's and your Silf's and your Getz's etc, but we're not doing that, and even if we were to do that, it's not nessicary, this team isn't that far away, and that loaded down with terrible contracts, nor are they stuck in the mediocrity of a Minnesota, we're bad enough on our own that we'll be able to fill one of our two main voids at the draft this summer (along with Zegras and Kase/Raks I wouldn't have been that worried about our long term forward group... Now this just places a lot more pressure on Raks to maintain his top line calibre play) then we'd be one or two pieces away from being a dark horse team, but GMBM is clueless

I've been saying this for months, and this Kase trade shows that A. GMBM is f*cking clueless at player evaluations, and B. He has no plan for the team, you don't trade Kase unless you're just selling everything in which case you sell your Rico's and your Silf's and your Getz's etc, but we're not doing that, and even if we were to do that, it's not nessicary, this team isn't that far away, and that loaded down with terrible contracts, nor are they stuck in the mediocrity of a Minnesota, we're bad enough on our own that we'll be able to fill one of our two main voids at the draft this summer (along with Zegras and Kase/Raks I wouldn't have been that worried about our long term forward group... Now this just places a lot more pressure on Raks to maintain his top line calibre play) then we'd be one or two pieces away from being a dark horse team, but GMBM is clueless

I honestly like the Kase trade. Fills a gaping hole in the RD prospect pool, adds a 1st in a very strong draft, and after the retention on backes, and if they buy him out, it’s actually a minuscule price to pay.

Loved Kase, but there are a ton of guys that can fill that role. I think he’s got more to offer, and am happy he won’t be playing much against the Ducks, but I disagree on the GMBM statement.

I think you are making some very accurate comments about your GM. I live on westcoast and my second favourite team is the Canucks and watch them play alot. I watched Gudbranson play when he was with the Canucks and soon realized that he is just too slow to keep up in the NHL and thought Benning made a great trade to offload him to Pittsburg for Pearson before his value dropped to nothing because he was probably minus 60 in playing for the Canucks over a few years. I found it then strange that Pittsburg then gave up on him in a short period later by trading him to the Ducks and have absolutely no idea why the Ducks and your GM would have added him to the team so no I also do not have alot of confidence in your GM.

As a PIT fan I can confirm he was not that bad in PIT, he was just a cap casualty bc there was no way to know that Marino would have been as elite as he has been, or that we were able to accrue like 50 mil in LTIR space throughout the year lol, ANA just picked him up bc it was the beginning of the year, you never do know how your team is gonna do, and he only cost a 7th, and the cap space is basically irrelevant, we have tons

Axel doesn't "fill a gaping hole" yes he's an RHD, yes we need those, but he's basically the RHD equivalent to Jacob Larsson, he's never gonna be more than a solid bottom pairing guy, not a guy you get excited for acquiring for a young top 6 forward, who from a roster/asset management wise made 0 sense to trade... This team desperately lacks Kase's talent, and you didn't get anyone to replace him...

Axel doesn't "fill a gaping hole" yes he's an RHD, yes we need those, but he's basically the RHD equivalent to Jacob Larsson, he's never gonna be more than a solid bottom pairing guy, not a guy you get excited for acquiring for a young top 6 forward, who from a roster/asset management wise made 0 sense to trade... This team desperately lacks Kase's talent, and you didn't get anyone to replace him...

But, they already have guys to replace him. It’s not like Kase was a 60 pt guy. He absolutely has upside, but he’s hasn’t hit it. There are so many young, high upside guys that are going to need ice time in the next year or two, I’m not even sure how Kase would have fit.

If you closed your eyes, and someone said “hey, I’ll trade you a 1st round pick in one of the best draft classes in a long time, plus a solid upside RD prospect, but we’re including a cap dump (who you can buy out for a very minimal price), for a 24 year old guy who’s career high is 38 and you removed the “we love Kase! Bias (I love Kase...), if you declined that trade, you’d be foolish.

The same was said about Pettersson. Everything I read on Axel says he’s a solid player but doesn’t do anything flashy. Skates well. Decent at zone exits, passing or carrying the puck. Needs to work on some things like all D prospects but should be an NHLer. That’s what teams want out of 2nd rounders. Ducks were never getting a stud prospect for Kase.

As for an earlier comment about player evaluations, across the league teams were split on Kase. Some quotes think the ducks did very well. Others think they just did okay. Kase has never had a healthy season. That’s part of the evaluation. He also does all the little things well but he hasn’t produced the actual numbers. Like an article I read earlier, he’s a bit of enigma.