Quoting: Manson
GiggywithGibby, We just can’t see eye to eye I guess. Maybe I didn’t state this clearly, but I really think Carlo would help us, (in the short term). I just don’t see why we have a need to trade Gaucher for someone who will help us for 1-2 years.
Between Luneau, Warren, I.Moore, and Helleson, we don’t need a RHD.
Helleson is the only guy close to ready out of that group, Moore, Warren, and Luneau are still a year away from the AHL (assuming Moore doesn't NCAA FA himself). I think its a minimum of three years before any of those group are ready for the NHL, and that's on the assumption that they make it (I obviously hope they do, but prospects flame out all the time). As Warren and Luneau were only taken last year, that's the whole depth chart. We are just not that deep at RHD, hence why I focused on that in the prospects I took in the other ACGM.
We need a defensive RD for Fowler now, and in the future Carlo would be a perfect pairing partner for a guy like Zellweger or helping Mintyukov adapt to the speed of the NHL before we pair him with Drysdale. We also have Dostal's development to consider, we can't keep fielding a motley crue of whoever we can get for spare parts and not expect the same results as this year.
I agree there is no need to send Gaucher, and I think Boston would need someone more established than him, hence where I base the trade at Lundestrom and Vaakainen for Carlo and Reilly. Gives them an established, defensive middle 6 C on a cheap deal and under team control, a cheap depth piece familiar with their system in Vaakainen, they shed the cap from Reilly, but the big piece they give up is Carlo.