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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 20, 2021 at 9:29 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 21, 2021 at 1:28 p.m.
Thread: Ducks Fan
It's not that Anaheim wouldn't give up Zegras for PLD, it's that they won't give him up.

I think the easiest way to talk about this is like this-

Anaheim finished 2nd worst in the NHL this year. They are (easily) 2 years away from being anywhere close to competitive. Trading 2 of their top 3 youngsters, plus 3 OA, all to finish 6th-7th-8th worst instead of 2nd worst makes zero sense at all. Add to that the fact that there's nothing saying that Eichel won't use his NMC to handcuff the team after (yet another) non-playoff year, and demand his way out. No need to discuss the injury, as there's quite literally nobody around that knows how that'll play out.

I don't know...if you were Buffalo and you didn't have Eichel, would you trade Cozens, Quinn, 1OA, Tage, and whoever for a player that is very, very good, but doesn't get you anywhere close to the playoffs? Doesn't seem like the smartest plan, IMO.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 21, 2021 at 1:20 p.m.
Thread: Ducks Fan
Let me start by saying where the Ducks fans have got Zegras and Drysdale are off the table from Link here: https://www.thefourthperiod.com/jun-2021/ducks-plan-on-exploring-trade-market

"The Ducks have made it clear they have no interest in moving top prospects Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale"

David Pagnotta (editor-in-chief for the 4th period) is a very reliable and trusted source, especially in southern California, so if he says they are reportedly off the table, there's a good chance there's some level of truth to it.

There are so many reasons both Zegras and Drysdale are off the table, it isnt because Eichel isnt worth that, its because the Ducks are not in a position to give that up to get him

ANA finished above one team last season, and that was BUF, why would Eichel not demand a trade the second he touches down in ANA if they are worse than BUF after the trade.

If the Ducks give up the package above, their top 9 next season would be some semblance of this

Olofsson-Eichel-Rakell
Jones-Henrique-Silfverberg
Steel-Lundestrom-Heinen

To me that is worse than the top 9 BUF had last year.

The issue Ducks fans have with giving up Zegras/Drysdale++ for Eichel has nothing to do with Eichels value at all, It has everything to do with the current state of the Ducks roster, and how they would still be a bottom 10 team in the league with a much more bleak future if they do this trade, and Eichel surely wouldnt be happy going to a place with a worse forward group than BUF had
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 20, 2021 at 1:59 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 24, 2021 at 5:12 p.m.
Thread: Gibson Trade Thoughts
Ducks decline swiftly. Gibson is their “team”. They lose him they enter a “second” rebuild unless they find themselves in another Andersen/Gibson situation; which they aren’t in before or after this trade.

I don’t like either prospect for Anaheim and the first is whatever.

Trading Gibson must either
A) be a benefit for the ducks
B) a more then fair trade to signify the movement of their star
C) be a move out of necessity (having too many goalies)

They are in none of these situations

I think this is where people get lost. I’m not saying/ ducks fans are not saying Gibson is worth 4 firsts, a top prospect and more (I mean some crazy people will but you get what I’m saying)

@op and <a href="/users/ryminister_27" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@ryminister_27</a> reading your posts comments (which is actually fair value rymi)

The ducks must look at this trade and say; yes it is worth losing our spine. This trade isn’t it. Rymi yours is fair but as I said, the ducks must WANT to accept the trade, not be satisfied. They need to go; oh damn. It is trading their best player but more so; the one player that will allow them to win. Their only game breaker. And he’s in net which is a very hard to find position.

It’s not the same as trading a top line player or trading a regular goalie. If that clarifies anything. He’s not worth the entire bank, but he won’t be cheap. Will he be worth it? Maybe not.
Could he be traded for this, I guess; but do I see happening? No.
I wouldn’t trade for him if I was any team unless the ducks were selling him, meaning theyre the ones initiating the trade not me buying him and having to pay premium.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 21, 2021 at 5:49 p.m.