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Doc Halladay
The Landeskog vs Duchene trade debate is quite interesting. Both offer different intangibles that are valuable to different teams. Both have plateaued a bit in terms of offensive production, hovering around 55 points over the past 2 seasons though Landeskog’s offense has taken a huge hit this year(32 point pace) while Duchene’s maintained a 57 point pace.
Contract-wise, Landeskog’s more valuable. He has 4 years left at a $5.57 million cap hit vs Duchene’s $6 million cap hit for just 2 years. Landeskog is also almost 2 full years younger and isn’t as reliant on speed as Duchene(one of the first skills to erode with age).
Defensively, Landeskog is likely viewed as a far superior player though Duchene’s emergence as an elite faceoff threat closes the gap significantly.
I’d likely value Landeskog more if I were running a team simply due to his contract, age and similar offensive production. But centres are generally more in demand than wingers so I definitely see the logic in shopping Duchene to centre needy teams like Montreal, Ottawa, NY Rangers, etc.
houseoflords44
Duchene makes more sense for a team like Boston. While Boston doesn’t necessarily have a need at center, Duchene can also play wing if necessary. Boston is in desperate need of another goal scorer & Duchene would fit that bill. Duchene would also be a good fit for a team like Carolina who has plenty of young defensive depth, but lacks the talent up front. Landeskog would make sense for a team that is looking to add some additional grit to there team.
Doc Halladay
The issue I see from Boston is do they have the same urgency to add Duchene that a centre needy team like Montreal has? Surely the Avs would ask for Brandon Carlo in return but I can’t see the B’s being willing to do that. Their best prospect is Jakub Zboril and he’s very solid and a likely future top 4 defender but with an aging defensive corps, again, would the B’s want to part with him? One of those two would likely have to be a headliner, especially if a team like Montreal made Sergachev available(among others).
For Carolina, I’m not sure the timeframe fits. They have a great young defensive unit but are still likely 2-3 years away from real contention. With Duchene’s contract set to expire just after all but Aho’s ELC expire, it leaves very little future cap to retain Duchene as well as their young core.
pat09
Nathan beaulieu prospects/picks at the deadline to montreal for Duchene. The habs still need a top 6 forward
stormie
Don’t understand the idea that they should wait until March 1. So what, they can perhaps claw out of the basement in the meantime and put themselves in a worse draft position? They’re 12-24, and something like 3-15 in their last 18, it’s not like they’re starting to play better and could maybe make a playoff run; they’re toast. They should be thinking about the draft right now.