PHI would never do that trade with NYR. Laughton is a much better player than Goodrow, making less.

Holy bad Zegras trade. A rental and a overpaid defenseman isn’t getting Z on top of a future 2nd

Verbeek laughs as he hangs up the phone

So the difference to dump Goodrow is moving down two spots? That's just bad.

Seems to even out lol. First trade is bad for ANA. Second trade is bad for PHI.

This isn't a rumor -- it's a continuation of a prior ACGM.

The only question this "rumour" has me asking is if Jonathan Bailey was high while he was writing it.

But also nice to see you threw in a second to put the cherry on top of a HORRID trade.

Well, yes, it's not a rumour, but it was written about by a Philly Hockey Columnist

I question if he's taken leave of his senses as he also speculated that Tippett and Foerster wouldn't be pieces were interested in.

To answer his open ended questions, we can make Gudas the captain for two seasons, he's a perfect stop gap while the youth mature. He has the follow me factor, he has the intensity and emotion, and he's the last one off the ice every night high fiveing the entire team before tossing his stick to a fan. Everything about that tells me he would be a great short term captain.

As to Risto, I like Risto as a pickup, I've taken flack for liking Risto as a pickup, but he's an underwater contract and even in this article referenced as a third pairing defenseman (I know he's 2nd pair and can eat minutes, but I further question why Bailey speculates we would give up a major piece for a pending UFA and a bottom pairing cap dump, when a shiny new RW that fits the age group is sitting right there in great supply, and they're both goal scorers top which is what we need)

I cooked with this one

Does Verbeek consider Farabee + FLA/COL 1st + Anaheim 2nd

He wants a top 6 right handed RWer and a top 4 RD he just said a couple days ago so doubt it

Any idea what draft direction you guys go in

A made up silly ACGM post does not constitute a rumour.

Don't see how that helps PHI or NYR

Top guy available when we inevitably end up with pick 5

Levshunov. Then if neither he nor Celebrini come in, maybe a foreign RW like Konsta Helenius or Michael Brandsegg-Nygard or perhaps a different RD like Zayne Parekh.

I don’t see them taking Parekh. They’d have a D corps of pure offensive D which doesn’t work.

I could see definitely see him reaching on Helenius if he really likes him. He will be an excellent 200 ft centre or right wing

I guess it depends on what you consuder a rumor. There’s not a single piece of reporting in this article. It’s basically a columnists version of a Capfriendly ACGM. I might as well publish an article that Foerster wants out of Philly, and that Lacombe in Ana makes sense for a trade

The funny thing is, Goody is just as good, actually now that it's playoffs and Goody is rocking his playoff style!!
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