EK literally put up 100 points on a garbage team as a defender! While maybe his defending may not be the best he knows how to get stretch passes up ice to create scoring chances. And with mcdavid having a defender mastered in that skill would be deadly.

For severson we may have to pay a bit extra in terms of money but with guys like hyman and kane we did same and it has worked out brilliantly.

Once again giving all of these assets to strengthen a position that we are already strong in makes no sense. The back end is our weak point so it is best to focus on making big changes there rather on forward. Simply trading for demelo is not enough we need a big piece for our defense.

our right side for forwards is far from strong, actually our rw is the thinnest part of our team.. we already have bouch and ekholm who are great at first passes. trading for ek65 or signing severson to 5.5+ deal makes it really hard to sign bouch long term

With some creativity we can get bouch long term and another solid defensemen its not impossible.

but ek isn't a solid defenseman, all we need is a stay at home dman for nurse

but ek isn't a solid defenseman, all we need is a stay at home dman for nurse

EK is easily a solid defender I can’t see how u can argue otherwise. Nurse is a liability on the ice 80% of the time we need someone better than him to reduce the damage he inflicts.

well I'm just gonna not talk to you about this if you think ek65 is a better defender than nurse lmao