Actually they would still look bad . Your top pairing alone would have as many points as Trouba who plays second pair.

Why do you want to bring back Tanev who makes 4.2 plays half a year and averages 9 points a year?
- VANTEL

Why do you want to bring back Beagle who makes 3 plays half a year and averages 9 points a year?

Coles notes:

Steller sea lion populations threatened due to environmental change. Ocean temperature changes so food source disappears.
Sea lion forced to find other means of getting nutritional requirement.
Commercial fishing practices provide a concentrated food source with little energy spent obtaining it.
Fishermen must protect their ever shrinking catches so they use a shock technique to scare the animal away long enough to secure catch.
Public concerned that the shock tactic will harm the animal.

My opinion is it won’t harm the animal in the least.
- bloatedmosquito

The natives are bringing back a seal cull in the gulf islands....

Is that the jousting, game of thrones stele place? Heard that was fun!
- 1970vintage

yup took my 7 yr old there couple yrs ago... was fun!

So every Dman has to put up 40 pts on our team or dump em? If he gets pp1 I could see Quinn putting up around 40. Edler I could see 25-30. Nobody thinks we can get EK, but we are on of the few teams trending up with the cap space, and an owner to afford what he wants. We may not get him, but we have a shot. Outside EK or trades, how do you propose we fix our D?

Myers is injured more than Tanev
Gardiner is so inept defensively that any point he gains us, he will likely lose us one as well. He would only work if he is paired with Tanev.

Benn is having a good year, but he is not an upgrade on Edler, Tanev, or Stetcher on our team. Quinn is a better option as well.

Do we trade for Trouba? Can we afford the assets yet?

You talk about fixing our D, but it isn't as easy as you think.
- Retinalz

We dont have assets to trade. We arent good. Locking up our quote un quote core could be a horrible idea if we arent good in 2 more years. If we toss out big deals to Brock Quinn and Petey and we still suck I hope the hockey gods feel sorry for us.

Petey is unreal good
Bo is a solid 2nd line center
Brock is kyle connor 25 to 30 great accent piece
Quinn is we dont know but I'm gonna guess after a few years a better version of ryan Ellis. A 2 or 3 guy with great offensive ability.
Demko and marky probably above average
Gaudette hopefully becomes kadri

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