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Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
I'm not sure what this means. We're talking about him as the solution because he is available, yes. Alex Pietrangelo would also be the solution but he's not available so we're not talking about him.
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CarltonTheBear said:
What I'm getting at is that there tends to be a bit of euphoria at the deadline amongst us here in the f-base which leads to thinking that whoever is out there and available suddenly becomes the best solution that we have to grab now. It leads to shattenkirkosis and other death-dealing maladies.
I'm sorry, but I just don't see Ryan McDonagh as some kind of savior that we need to part with significant prospects/picks for at this point in the Shanaplan.
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
He's a #1 defenceman who is only 28 years old and is signed to a reasonable cap hit for the next two playoff runs. He's solid defensively and he scores a very good amount at 5-on-5. He can skate. He's experienced. He's played a top pairing shutdown role for years. He has leadership qualities. This isn't Kevin Shattenkirk. He's basically the perfect compliment for Rielly on the top pairing. It'd be a bonus if he was right handed but that's hardly the end of the world.
Frank E said:
He's played mostly with right-handed defencemen with the Rangers so I don't think he's ever really had a stretch of games where he's had to. I'm pretty comfortable with Rielly playing on the right side though.
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Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
While I'm as cautious as anyone when it comes to trades, with this kind of perspective, you're basically going to be waiting forever. The "dream come true" defenceman isn't going to become available at a price that is palatable - quite likely what the team will have to give up to get him will hurt as much or more than that player will help. They're either going to come with an acquisition cost that is unpalatable or they'll demand a cap hit that causes other significant issues. McDonagh is basically at the upper limit of what will be available at a reasonable/manageable acquisition cost.
Bender said:
I mentioned this a couple of pages back, but LeBrun and Custace have both said that the return would probably be similar to what the Rangers gave up when they acquired Keith Yandle a few years ago, that was:
Keith Yandle, Chris Summers and round 4 pick in the 2016 draft (Tarmo Reunanen) to New York Rangers for Anthony Duclair, John Moore, round 2 pick in the 2015 draft (Oliver Kylington) and round 1 pick in the 2016 draft (Dennis Cholowski)
So to me the Leafs equivalent would be something like Kapanen/Brown, Borgman/Carrick/Rosen, 2nd round pick, 1st round pick
Might need a little more to seal the deal but I'd be comfortable with something like that.
If that deal were on the table, who would you rather part with...Kapanen or Brown? I see Kapanen as having higher upside (and he's younger) so that's probably who I'd want if I were the Rangers. Brown is more established but isn't as fast or as good with the puck. Has a nose for the net though.CarltonTheBear said: