I really disagree with trading away Foegele. We should trade away Ceci and try signing Erik Gustafsson. Let Nurse and Ekholm try be our Shutdown D next season and possibly pick up Bunting for our top 6

I actually really like foegele and highly doubt he is traded. This was more of a hypothetical where we could sign Duchene for a cheap 1 year if he wants to try and win. I disagree with Gustafsson, he is another left shot defence. This gives us 5/6 of D men left handed. This would also stunt Broberg's development even more. He need consistent minutes and a consistent line partner. Nurse and Ekholm are great defencemen, but why force them to be the shutdown when that's not what either were signed to do. Ceci does a fine job at taking those big minutes. Was he perfect? no. But he was likely injured, and a victim of a poor defensive system. Look at what happens when the team buys into a good zone defence like in Carolina or Vegas. I also can't see bunting signing cheap, he'll be north of 5 mil ( I know Duchene likely will be around 4 at least tho, so take what I say with a grain of salt), I do like him tho, he draws a lot of penalties, though he seemed to be more harm than benefit in the playoffs.