Agreed with your ‘or a 6th’. We’ll give you that.

The Ducks’ need at LD is for maximum 1 year when Mintyukov/Zellweger develop out of the AHL. Sure, we’ll take Forbert off your hands, but wouldn’t offer much at all for him as a 1 year stopgap (6th is fine)

At RD however, we’re very thin, and wouldn’t want to get rid of Urho

Fair enough. Still have to see how Mitchell, Regula and Walsh pan out at RD before they can be considered trade-bait but I could see Sweeney moving one of them for a depth or scoring option. Maybe something like Forbort and Mitchell for McGinn before the TDL??

Dumping forbort so lindholm has to take on more defensive responsibilities. Yikes. Caleb jones couldn’t even stick with the hawks. He’s a fringe NHLsr

Value wise, absolutely. Maybe the only caveat is that the ducks have a few too many undersized dmen, and way too many puck movers. Would prefer a bigger, defensively minded RD, but beggars can’t be choosers. I’d take that

Neither one is necessary or really interesting and it would just block some younger players or players who just signed. Shattenkirk will be a regular and Zboril *should* have the 3rd pair left D spot. As for 4th line RW, Lauko should be the leading candidate with Greer, Steen who you listed in the scratches. Also, McLaughlin, Merkulov and Lysell will likely play games throughout the year.

You're absolutely right! Just looking at who was available still and ways to keep a 23 man roster. Yes, Lauko, McLaughlin, Merkulov and Lysell should get chances throughout the season and most likely will due to injuries with Lauko getting the lions share! As for your Shattenkirk comment, there are no guarantees but I hope you're right!

I could see White for league minimum but you're way better off with Forbort over Jones.