RainyCityHockey
Registered User
Very interesting. Both the fact that we have been mentioned as a destination for Dadonov and also the fact that we were not really entertaining moving Soucy.
The very interesting part to me is Friedman talking about us needing offense, which is right, but then bringing up Dadonov even though he's not been able to provide offense since signing that deal before last season.
I know people always talk about that bounce back and "he did it in the past" but offensive players/wingers tend to drop quite a bit once they hit their thirties(unless you're Ovechkin and a few other exceptions) and Dadonov is already 33 and has shown quite some drop off during this past two seasons in Ottawa and Vegas.
So unless Vegas throws us something incredibly nice, I'd just stay away and not help out a division rival.
We could also use that cap space of ours(combined with some of those extra picks) to try and bring in a guy like DeBrusk(or at a similar age) to help with the offense.
BTW: I think keeping Soucy makes sense given he'ss till under contract and there's no need to move him.
The interesting part to me is just how much of a key part they view him as and if they'll try to re-sign him this summer.