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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 22, 2021 at 5:50 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 22, 2021 at 11:51 a.m.
Thread: Other than Eichel
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>leafs_RtheBest</b></div><div>i mean the value for the devils trade is certainly there, but the pieces don’t pique the interest of the devils. as a team in a rebuild, we’d like some younger pieces or prospects in place of dumba. i’d take someone like marat or calen addison in dumba’s place, while also taking on rask’s contract, and maybe a 2nd for 3rd swap:

calen + rask + 2nd
zacha + 3rd</div></div>

Looking at our centers, from least likely to move to most likely....

1a. Hughes: stays
1b. Hischier: stays
3. Sharangovich: will be 3C for NJD eventually (once he learns how to win faceoffs), but is the most untouchable after Hughes and Hischier.
4. Mercer: Good fit for MIN, but tough to pry loose considering the season he just had.
5. Zacha: best offensively at wing...was a ppg winger on Nico's line, but less than 0.5 ppg as a center this year.
6. Kuokkanen: Plays center adequately, well-suited for Wild as two-way playmaker that won't command huge salary.
7. Boqvist: Maybe, lotta upside, but lotta unknowns in his game.
8. Merkley: Probably starts in Bastian's old place in line-up, but definitely moveable.
9. Zetterlund: Depth guy
10. Schnarr: big body, can't skate, take him

I don't know that Zacha is best fit here to be their center.
If I were Wild, I would be going after Kuok or Mercer.
Or doing smaller deal like O'Rourke for Boqvist.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 14, 2021 at 4:06 a.m.