Edited Feb. 4 at 1:43 p.m.
Quoting: Wreckless
All fair points. What I meant was giving bigger roles to younger players. Point taken in overall age of the team, however. My point is if it were me, I’d unload Elvis, Jenner, etc.
We keep Matheson because he has a well defined role, and we already have 4-5 rookie D playing every night outside of him and Savard.
Also, our average age is skewed by a couple vets. We have a 24 year old captain and the entire core of our team is younger than that.
Caufield Suzuki Dach
Slafkovsky, Newhook, Ylonen
Tuch, Beck, Mesar
Mysak, Kidney, Kapanen
Guhle Barron
Hutson Reinbacher
Xhekaj Mailloux
Struble
Primeau
Dobes
Our entire core is under 24. Vets get shipped out at the deadline when their contracts are expiring to bring in further assets. Hughes is building this the right way.
I know we probably don’t trade for Jenner, but I was curious what the team would look like with him.
I do think we try and bring in Zegras though, and I think he’ll cost a lot less than Ducks fans think. Also, Dvorak at half salary at next year’s deadline could bring in a lot more than most people think. He’s a valuable 200 foot centre for a contender in a 3rd line role.
And depending on how extreme Laine’s situation is as well, we would possibly look into that also.