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Tierney is a very solid middle six defensive centre (ideal 3C) and Duclair is a young, fast 20 goal middle six winger. I don't know why Ottawa is giving them up for a left D that doesn't figure into our long term plans or even our next year plans, a failed experiment, a 3rd pair dman, and a cap dump. You can get Tierney for a 2nd and either a 3rd or AA (I've said before we'd trade WPG's 3rd to give him a chance to pull a Duclair, but he's not worth much rn). Duclair is less likely to move but might be on the table for the right futures. We just aren't that interested in Nurse, or Neal's contract without getting compensation that'll help our rebuild. Gaborik's mostly insured contract leaving isn't much of an incentive.