Quoting: Garak
My bad. I took your other comments the wrong way. It's easy to get lost with the lack of tone/inflection while reading text. Also, that probably sounded more abrasive than I meant it, as well.
Even still, I don't think there is any reason for CHI to consider this. CHI would likely be looking for something in the ballpark of what VAN paid to dump Dickinson, at the very least. Futures are all that matter to CHI right now, and Garland is not a future. Although, KD could make the bet that he can flip him for a decent profit. But, we'd also have to have the roster space available. You'd probably have better luck with a team closer to contention that might be hoping for a bounce back/reclamation project candidate to come to their roster and be a difference maker or fill a role.
Quoting: Garak
My bad. I took your other comments the wrong way. It's easy to get lost with the lack of tone/inflection while reading text. Also, that probably sounded more abrasive than I meant it, as well.
Even still, I don't think there is any reason for CHI to consider this. CHI would likely be looking for something in the ballpark of what VAN paid to dump Dickinson, at the very least. Futures are all that matter to CHI right now, and Garland is not a future. Although, KD could make the bet that he can flip him for a decent profit. But, we'd also have to have the roster space available. You'd probably have better luck with a team closer to contention that might be hoping for a bounce back/reclamation project candidate to come to their roster and be a difference maker or fill a role.
All good. It's also easy to get frustrated and to have that tone drift into your writing and hey it's the internet we all can be a little guilty of getting a little shouty.
I appreciate your input, and honestly, this thread wasn't really about dumping Garland it was about fitting Pesce in year two of a Kuz for Pesce trade and I decided to throw in an example of a subsequent move which was move Garland (for a reasonable price if possible) and add another big splash.
I hope Chicago builds really smart around Bedard and I think that is balancing some level of not letting him fail too hard, while not rebuilding too fast. I think they did a fantastic job this year with bringing in veterans like Perry, Foligno and Hall to really support Bedard in the short term.
I'm a little jealous of how great of a job they've done so far with the rebuild which runs completely in contrast with what the Canucks could and should have done with Petey and Hughes. They've definitely got to manage the transition to competing over the next few years, but they've set themselves up for the best chance of success. Cheers buddy, here's to hoping that none of Bedard's best years are wasted (cough McDavid cough).