Barrie? He’s a luxury we simply cannot afford right now. I like him lots, but he’s blocking the progression of Bouchard, and we have Nurse for 2nd PP. If Broberg develops into an option then fine, but slow playing Bouchard is just not a good thing anymore. He’s a cerebral player with a heavy heavy shot, but he can walk the blue line, and he has the ability to disguise/fake shots and then quickly get them through traffic. He was correctly slow-played in the AHL and NHL, not rushed, but he’s arrived. You cannot hinder him any longer.
Foegele will likely only require one draft choice as a sweetener, or prospect, not two like Kassian did.
Why in hell you would keep Foegele at 2.75m vs PoolParty at 3m is beyond me. The kid has a really shtty agent who has given bad advice. His upside is much higher than Foegele, and he brings different things to the party, including immaturity though.
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