There are rumors floating that Anaheim is looking at making a major move. Possibly Getzlaff or Ryan. I for one don't want Ryan Getzlaff. I don't care if they did a straight trade for Hudler, I don't want him. He's dirty, he's a punk, he's an asshole.
Bobby Ryan is a different story. He's a hard worker, back checks well, doesn't take too many dumb penalties, plays smart (but that's easy to do when you play next to a dumbass in Getzlaff). Plus he's a RH shot, which the wings don't have many of. He can put up 30+ goals a season and he's only 24. Has nice size at 6'2, 209 and decent speed.
Who would you offer if Ryan became available?
I would offer Hudler, Kindl and either Emmerton or Tatar. Also available would be Bertuzzi, Abdelkader, Eaves, Miller, Ericsson, and Bruunstrom.
I would not offer Nyquist, Mursak, Smith, or Pyatt.
I would pair him on the 2nd line, moving Filppula back to C so the lines would look like this (assuming Emmerton is traded):
Hank - Pav - Homer
Ryan - Val - Franzen
Eaves - Helm - Cleary
Miller - Abdelkader - Bert
Lidstrom - White
Kronwall - Smith
Stuart - Ericsson
Looking at the lines, it leaves us a little off at Center, but I'd be ok with that. I'd rather move Ericsson than Kindl, but I doubt Anaheim would make that move.


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