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I'm iffy on these. In particular I don't like the Oilers trade. Those are good pieces but we don't need Bouchard, we have Addison in the system already and I like his game more. This just blocked him. Furthermore Soucy pairs well with Brodin with some great chemistry and he really did play his best hockey there this year.
Shattenkirk isn't needed either. Pateryn when healthy is a great defensive defenseman for our 3rd pairing. If he isn't, we have Belpedio whose ready to come up. Again, they're blocked by that signing.
The less said about what you did our center situation the better.
I'd also throw in Donato into that Philly deal to upgrade Patrick to Frost too. Patrick may have the higher ceiling but his health concerns me. Rather have Frost.