Quoting: OldNYIfan
I love the characterization of some of these youngsters as "NHL ready prospects."
For the record, Phillips cleared waivers on October 2 and Popsicle cleared waivers on October 13. Meloche wasn't called "NHL ready" but he cleared waivers on October 12. As to Mackey, he's 26 years old and has all of 9 games in the NHL so far; it doesn't sound to me like he'll EVER be NHL material.
You simply don't know these guys or their situations. Phillips is small, so Sutter won't use him. Pospisil was injured during Training Camp. Meloche almost made the Team but Michael Stone was spectacular, how he didn't get claimed is beyond me. Mackey just turned 26 and had went to College, so didn't turn pro until he was 24
Coronato & Wolf are untouchable, so let's compare the players everyone is saying should be in the deal and how they performed last season:
Connor Zary: 13G + 12A = 25PTS/53GP -4
Jakob Pelletier: 27G + 35A = 62PTS/66GP +22 (Playing on a line with Matthew Phillips)
Matthew Phillips: 31G + 37A = 68PTS/65GP +14 NHL Career:
1GP, like WTF???
Adam Ruzicka: 11G + 9A = 20PTS/16GP +12 NHL Career: 5G + 6A = 11PTS/
31GP +10 (Impressive considering he played only 10mins/gm with Lucic & Lewis) Made Slovakia's Int'l & Olympic Teams
Pospisil: 7G + 18A = 25PTS/47GP +9
Emilio-Pettersen: 13G + 13A = 26PTS/59GP +5
Connor Mackey: 5G + 31A = 36PTS/53GP +15 NHL Career: 1G + 3A = 4PTS/
9GP +2 Made Team USA for the World Championships He's in the NHL right now as the 7th D-Man on a Very Deep Defensive Team
Mackey, Phillips & Ruzicka are definitely NHL Ready while Pelletier & Zary would likely be rushed and in the lineup for a lot of NHL Teams too. Pospisil & MEP aren't as good, but could be quality Bottom-6 Depth NHL Players that could surprise. The fact is, they won't get a fair chance in Calgary
Meloche who just turned 25 is NHL Ready & Experienced. He was Drafted 40th overall and is a 6'3 211 RD who played 50 Games for San Jose last Season
Kylington is an excellent D-Man: 9G + 22A = 31 PTS/73GP
+34 For anybody to say he's a Cap Dump, has little value or isn't a Quality D-Man and better than Romanov or Salo is just ridiculous