I’d ask for Reilly Walsh in the Varly deal. They don’t have a spot for him moving forward anyway tbh.

You must be a Witherspoon hater

i would be down for that instead of blackwood or the pick, i ripped this straight from a devils ACGM and figured if anyone could fix blackwood it was this coaching staff

i'm not i like him but i think aho has been good also and realistically there's no chance they bench romanov

I wouldn’t bench Romanov because of the upside, he’s been solid the past 15 games. Things are starting to click for him. I’d do everything possible to keep both Aho and wotherpsoon in the lineup

honestly they can just not acquire barrie and i'd be fine with that but figured that was the way to maximize the return based on past edmonton ACGMs

i'm ngl i'm lowkey tempted (again they'd never do this) to go 11/7 and have barrie for the PP and pull martin out and put wotherspoon in

Blackwood can not be fixed imo

in my heart i know you're right lmao but he shows flashes that make me believe

I’d be more interested in Cal Petersen as a reclamation project, because at least I think his head is on straight. Blackwood seems like he’s either crazy or stupid.

i see where you're coming from and i sort of agree but the petersen contract turns me off. blackwood's an RFA this year and i can't imagine he gets much money so he's a cheaper option for next year and if he really sucks they could just let him go

I would trade Varly for Petersen if I got a first and a righty d prospect like Grans, but I think that’s a pipe dream tbh. Might just be a delusion lmao.

yeah if they could swing grans or spence i'd be all over it but agree it's unlikely