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Thread: One trade to upgrade the Top 6
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Reason</b></div><div>No, those are your words not mine.
What I said was that I am ok with trading a player I consider to be a lazy 3rd liner that is not liked by his teammates nor trusted by his coach. Third line players are expendable. Third line players that are lazy, disliked and not trusted, are not overly valuable assets, even if they are youngish.

I agree with you that Carter is close to retirement, I disagree with you that he is washed up. He’s only got two years left on his contract and I think he’s still got some life left in the tank. He had 17 goals in the shortened season last year, and if he plays with either Peterson or Horvat I’m betting he would be close to the 20 goal mark again, prorated for the shortened season of course.

I’m ok with Carter for the following reasons:

Carter can adequately hold down the second line RW spot for the next two season, hopefully Podkolzin is ready to fill it after that.

Vancouver is set to take a step back this year, Carter is a better second line RW option than what VAN currently has.

Carter is a multiple Stanley Cup winner, which is an added benefit to a dressing room with a lot of young players.

One additional thing I like about the trade:
Beagle is an overpaid fourth line center signed for another 2 years. Sutter can fill that spot this year, and a more cost effective option can fill it the year after.</div></div>

I would love to read the reports where is teammates dislike him can you provide me that? because what I remember before the playoffs started he threw a questionable hit in a scrimmage during the mini training camp, but I have never heard or read that his teammates dislike him prior to that. As a Canucks fan this is something new to me. Travis Green has always shown Virtanen tough love and knows how to get the most out of him. The same Sutter that can't stay healthy with terrible hips? Carter an aging asset and your okay trading a a young 20+ goal scorer who is still improving each year?