Edited Feb. 3, 2023 at 7:23 p.m.
Quoting: ricochetii
I said we "may" not need him. We just don't know, but trading for him now is an unnecessary expenditure of assets which may be better used elsewhere.
We could draft or develop a 2C for free. If not, we may still be able to sign PLD as a UFA, again for free.
There is not a scenario where we will not need a 85-90 point centre who can also play wing. That makes it very easy to get creative. You can play either Dubois or Dach at C and if there is an injury we still have two legit high end top 6’s. Play the other at wing and it makes our top 6 incredibly strong while still having the ability to draft another high end player in the top 7 this draft.
We can wait until after we made our first selection to determine whether or not we want to make this deal. We’re likely to be picking anywhere from 5-8 with our first 1st rounder. Probably don’t land a C there. We could draft Smith, and if we do then maybe you don’t make this deal, but I believe Arizona will pick him. We’re more likely to draft Michkov, Benson, Cristall, or Barlow.
I get what you’re saying, but I’m glad our new management team is more aggressive than the last. Bergevin would’ve waited and not landed him just like they didn’t land a high end top 6 C for almost 10 years under his tenure. Go get the guy you want. The assets were giving up are good assets, but it’s unlikely one of them becomes as good as Dubois, and even if they did, we’d have Dubois so at that point who cares.
We can agree to disagree. I personally prefer to be more aggressive.