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I think if the 2nd wasn’t there it still wouldn’t be enough. Calling him a 20 goal guy when he has a career low pace of 24 goals (3 30+ goal seasons, two more at 27+) is discounting how good he is. He isn’t the best 1C but he gets to 25 goals every year, usually 30 (he’s also top 15 in goals over the last 6 seasons, same place if you extend it to 7). He can put the puck in the net and handle those minutes. Given the season Dumba just had, his hot start in 2018-19 seems like an anomaly, not the norm. I like him, but our C depth is already bad with Monahan, so it would have to be a more appealing package than just Dumba+Kunin, and we’d have to have another top 6 C coming in in some other deal.