Quoting: Dom1422
In 3-4 years Parayko will be what, 34? So that leaves 1 to 2 years left and that’s being generous. You should trade him now then, why keep him if the plan isn’t to win? Same for Buch he’ll be 32 with 2 good years left, 3 if you’re lucky. It doesn’t add up.
Btw I don’t see this being the route anyway. I think you want it to be, because it sounds better than being aggressive, but he’s already shown he’s trying to be aggressive the deal just fell through.
There's a large difference in being aggressive with turning a guy like Krug into Sanheim. Krug is a major flaw to our roster. He HAS to be sheltered to a degree not many in the NHL have to be, but on top of that he has to be a top 4 guy for us. Parayko has a 40% offensive zone start percentage. That is extremely low for a top 4 defenseman and it's raised from near 36% when Berube was the head coach. That's primarily due to the Krug-Faulk pair having to have around a 60%.
I'd imagine if the question was if we could trade Krug + a 1st for Guentzel or even Schenn + a 1st it would be a discussion to have. That helps long term and short term, if we can extend him. That also points towards remaining competitive in the near term, but not going all in.
The thing with Krug + the 1st too was we had 3 1st round picks. 2 late 1sts. We don't have that this year and unless we're trading Buch likely wont get another first. I don't think that trade in any way signals towards us buying. Meanwhile i'm pretty sure the countless interviews he's done where he stated we aren't a piece or two away and we're looking at a timeline of 26-27 is alot more telling.
In terms of trading Parayko. What sort of a trade makes sense? He'll still be an extremely solid 2nd pairing guy around the time he's 34-36 most likely. That's still a piece that we need. I'd be willing to be we're aggressively looking at young defensemen with promise as we should. But moving Parayko for a plethora of pieces that have a long-shot to be NHL players and a late 1st doesn't really help us anymore than having a veteran on defense as we start to turn the corner that can handle heavy defensive minutes.