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Potential #1D > potential #2 C every day if the week

Trouba may be looking for a huge contract, but that doesn't mean he will get anything close to what he wants. Look at the contract Jones just signed with Columbus, $5.4M x 6 years. I don't see how Trouba can expect to get more than that, certainly not $7-8M over max term. I also think he would take a slight discount to play at home for his childhood team, knowing he will be a staple on the top pair for the duration of his contract. If we were able to trade for Trouba and sign him to around what DeKeyser / Jones just signed it would be huge for this team. I'd go as high as $6M, but I think even that would be a bit of an over payment as of right now. As for cap space, yes we would have to get rid of a big contract in order to make it work, but regardless of this trade scenario, Holland should be working on freeing up cap anyway. Howard should be gone by the end of this season at the latest. There are always ways to shed cap space.

AA has the potential to be a franchise player did you not see what he did with no ice time playing with the scrubs on the third line

Why not AA? I like him but he is absolutely not untouchable in a trade for a guy like Trouba

We have too many 2nd pairing D-man trading for another is not very smart. Talk to me about potential 1D trades. Enough with the Fowler stuff, the guy is a 2D and nothing more. People keep talking about how we're mediocre but their solutions consist of mediocrity.

Maybe he's not that big a fan of slurpees and that's why he wants out. Perhaps he misses a good coney dog and a faygo, ...perhaps.

Did you not see -- not you specifically MFB -- and granted it was a few years ago so I can understand if it's a little fuzzy... but think back to what Sheahan did with limited ice time. A lot of folks, myself included, started oooh-ing and ahhh-ing about his potential to be our 2C.... MAYBE EVEN 1C?!! Then he came back down to earth. Hmmm. Seems awfully familiar to what's going on with AA. Don't get me wrong, I'd love it if it did happen, but I'm still in #1D > Potential #2C. I'm also kinda surprised that none of you are bitching about Trouba's poor attitude and "wanting out of Winnipeg" and how it's the worst.

I'm upset he's gone because I love pav.. But I'm glad he's playing somewhere still because I love pav. It's gunna be the best year of KHL highlights yet.

Trouba needs to come home to Michigan.

Yea definitely awful timing and luck for jurco, I'd hate to see us lose or give up on him. Pulk I could really do without, he's too easy to move off the puck