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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 13, 2020 at 10:19 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 3, 2020 at 7:03 p.m.
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<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>bigghead222</b></div><div>The 2020 pick is Columbus's.... 83rd overall. And Toronto isn't re-signing Clifford, but the 2021 pick is certainly negotiable. And btw, why wouldn't LA be interested in Dermott? They only have one LD signed right now, and , while they have good prospects there, none of them are ready yet, I don't think. Just curious as to how Dermott is viewed outside of Toronto.</div></div>

Sorry, my mistake on which pick the 2020 was/is. Careless of me not to look more carefully.

Dermott is worth the Columbus pick for sure. I just don't think he meshes well with our current set-up. The only 3 defensemen we have on the right who are NHL-quality are Doughty, Sean Walker and Matt Roy; if we traded either of the youngsters that would just be the start of a two-step process because we'd just have to go out and find a RD on the free-agent market, and there are a lot of other teams doing that right now. Our GM is on record as having said that we'd like to acquire a short-term LD veteran to provide some cover for Michael Anderson, Tobias Bjornfot and Kale Clague, but as you point out, the latter two are probably not ready for more than a 9-game audition and Anderson won't be contending for either the Calder or Norris Trophies. It wouldn't SHOCK me if we acquired Dermott, but I doubt that you'd be interested in anyone we were actually likely to part with, so it would only be for a draft pick or two, but two thirds is probably more than we have in mind.

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