Posted by bobprobert on 7/24/2011 2:36:00 PM (view original):
no deal i dont have any backup defenseman. i can go koistenen and 5 mill you can use towards your stadium. koistenen is going to be a big star some day
I didn't think so for exactly that reason. The hell of it is, I'm not shopping Kovalenko. He's a damned good player, and I'm better off with him than I would be without him. There are only 12 guys in the league with higher DEF, and five of them have lower overalls. Eight or nine have lower stamina - most of them low enough I wouldn't want them at all.
So if he wants to load up for a run at the Cup, it's going to cost him a center equal in overall to Kovalenko, a prospect to make it worth my while, and that worn out old defenseman to fill in Kovalenko's spot in the lineup for a year or two 'til the prospect is ready. If I get "stuck" hanging onto Kovalenko, I'm OK with it. If anything, I'd want to move forwards FOR defensemen. There just wasn't a lot to pick from, even picking both before and after the season rolled over.
7/24/2011 6:03 PM (edited)