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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 2, 2020 at 1:18 p.m.
Thread: Manson your thoughts
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lenny7</b></div><div>Seems like the best option is to:

Let Liljegren develop and try to free up some space to make a "Barrie" type of trade this summer (Obviously not for a offensive dman though). A guy like Savard would certainly fit that mold, but I don't see why Columbus would move him.

I never really get the "gotta get a superstar" trades on here...get someone who is affordable and can shut down the opposition.</div></div>

They just need someone who can move the puck well and can kill penalties. The team as a whole is finally tightening up defensively as a 5 man unit. If they can continue doing this, all the talk about defenceman will end. Its never really been about 1 defenceman, its been about the team playing the right way. Thats how other teams who don't have a guy like Rielly or Muzzin but still defend well do it.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 2, 2020 at 11:53 a.m.
Thread: Manson your thoughts
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>bryceguy</b></div><div>What do the Ducks need? Are they going into rebuild mode, or hoping to re-tool next year?</div></div>

Anaheim needs right-side defenders, whether right-handed or not. (We'd be fine with Alec Martinez, Jonas Brodin or Marcus Nutivaara, for example.) Now that we've traded Korbinian Holzer, the only right-handed defensemen in the entire organization (including farm) signed for next year are Josh Manson, Eric Gudbranson and the newly-acquired Axel Andersson. (On our Reserve List is Hunter Drew.) Here's our depth chart:

C: Getzlaf, Henrique, Steel, Lundestrom*, Zegras**, Groulx*, Morand* (* = non-roster; ** = unsigned)
LW: Heinen, Jones, Milano, Comtois*, Des Lauriers, Tracey*, McLaughlin**
RW: Rakell (also plays LW), Silfverberg, Terry, Sherwood
LD: Fowler, Lindholm, Larsson, Guhle, Mahura*, LaCombe**
RD: Manson, Gudbranson, Andersson*
G: Gibson, Dostal*

As you can see, there's plenty of depth at forward and left defense, and we have one of the five best goalies in the League. The glaring deficiency is at RD.