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In the War Room with Trevor
Trade Analysis:
PK Subban deal - this was a major swing for us, it's always going to be expensive to acquire a high end offensive defenseman of PK's calibre, but this was a great long term choice. We love his exuberant personality, and we were looking for a young first pairing offensive blueliner to pair with the steady veteran presence of Dan Hamhuis. We were looking to get younger and move on from some of our more injury prone pieces - both Edler and Campbell are quality top four defensemen in this league, and it's hard to part with them, but we are working hard to become more durable on the back end after an injury riddled year left the blueline unpredictable most nights. We really hate to part with high draft picks as an organizational philosophy, but this was that one deal where it made sense and brought back talented young player who has some room to grow but is also ready to make an impact immediately. There aren't many players out there like that, so we had to pay for him.
Evgeny Grachyov - we'll see how he does for our minor league affiliate, this wasn't necessarily about grabbing a great prospect, although we'll be ecstatic if he works hard and exceeds expectations, it was mostly moving out an ageing vet with a big contract who was no longer part of the plans. We appreciate everything Mikael contributed to the organization.
Josh Manson - we're pretty happy with this one, we've been trying to move on from Andrew Alberts as part of our culture shift/refresh, and at the draft we had no takers, so when Anaheim contacted us to work out a deal we jumped on it. Our scouts are happy with Manson and see him as a potential solid bottom pairing defenseman in a couple years, definitely think we won this deal.
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