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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 20, 2023 at 11:09 a.m.
Thread: Preds Deadline
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PuckLuck_77</b></div><div>Why do I get the feeling Nashville fans are excited to move on from Ekholm? Has he not been good this year? Or is it just the fact that you guys want Poile to finally move into a rebuild?</div></div>

We have 3 highly paid, good LD. We just acquired McD, and already have Josi. Ekholm doesn't have trade protection. We need RD &amp; cap assistance going forward which makes Ekholm the most logical candidate to move.

The proposal here would give us the pieces needed to avoid a rebuild imo. A vet RD, and quality young RD, a 1st and a 3rd to acquire a couple more quality prospects. Ekholm makes more of an immediate impact now for LA and these pieces impact NSH positively starting as early as next season. This would balance out our backend leaving only a couple issues in the forward core to handle (top 6 C mostly since we have what should be a couple top 6 wingers in the minors).

We're having a very down year but can easily use that to our advantage with a quality trade like this as well as good draft position in a very deep '23 draft. It's not necessarily excitement to move on but more of this is the glaringly obvious best choice to move and receive a quality return like the one proposed here.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 18, 2022 at 11:48 a.m.