Quoting: OshietheBeast
From a Rangers fan perspective then: what would be the logical reason to trade away key pieces for future right in the middle of what looks like an extremely successful rebuild? Acquiring someone like Toews makes absolutely no sense what so ever.
I think after several mock trades and lots of discussion, the price for Toews with 3m retained seems to be Strome, Zach Jones, Pujuniemi and a top 10 protected 1st.
Heres the thing, our RD is so insanely deep... Trouba, Fox, DeAngelo, Lundkvist, Schneider... we obviously cant keep everyone, so you gotta figure eventually you gotta flip something for a position of need.
In any case, my desire for Toews is simply in a Messieresque kind of move. To bring in a leader, mentor, champion who is still very good although starting to pick up some wear. We dont have a hell of a lot of experience on this squad, let alone in the playoffs or Stanley Cup. I feel like Toews could be that person to come in and take guys under his arm.