blues decline

So pasta isn’t resigning?

Ducks so very easily decline, Henrique is scoring at the same pace 5v5 as Horvat over the past 3 years (18.1G per 82 GP)

He can play anywhere up and down the lineup at C and LW, PK, PP, leadership, proven winner at multiple levels, stanley cup final experience.

Henrique with half a season of retention is the definition of a player that gets a 1st at the deadline, now add on another year to and you can see where Im going

And before you say you didnt put retention, Rico is the Ducks most valuable trade chip, we have an abundance of cap space and have no other place to use it. The Ducks are going to retain and get a 1st+, it would be poor asset management to do anything else

none of those player have positive value to us outside of Steen and even he barely has value. Smith and Reilly are cap dumps in this scenario, Frederic is a 4th liner. Having to "flip" players isnt a positive either, its a firm negative as we assume risk of injury, decline in play, lack of market. If its so easy to trade those pieces the Bruins can do it.

This is a pretty insulting offer tbh, this doesnt even get Verbeek on the phone

That anaheim deal is all sorts of bad for boston.

We were going to say almost the same thing. It's all sorts of bad for Anaheim.

Trades can be bad for both sides.

Ehhh pass.

How about we take your cap dumps Reilly and Smith, we retain 50% on Henrique, and you give us your first one year and your third the other?

Frederic is playing well as a 3rd liner on the best team in hockey. How on earth does that make him a 4th liner?