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Rask is still a serviceable 4C/13th forward. If a extremely overpaid one. He actually has a pretty good shot and scored more then a few timely and big goals for us this year. His skating however is absolute crap, which is why we call him Sloth over at HockeyWilderness.
Pateryn on the other hand is a extremely reliable and solid 3rd pairing rhs defensive defenseman.... when healthy. He has been out of the line up for pretty much all of this past season and towards his initial injury at the end of the 18-19 season.
Bjugstad when healthy is a serviceable middle sixer, but hasn't been able to stay in a lineup with any regularity for the last few seasons. He's also the same age as Pateryn, which is 28. If he could stay healthy, at the same price point as Rask, I would easily say he would be an immediate upgrade over Rask. But the fact remains that he cannot.
Jack Johnson is ****ing useless!
My final thought is a swap of Pateryn for Bjugstad one for one is a fair trade. So we're good there. Rask as bad as he is, is still better than JJ. Pens need to add for this to work.