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Originally Posted by dma0034
So did Pominville... who once against did better. But I'm not just talking about his "breakout" year of 25 goals 50 points. I'm talking since he entered the league and scored 29 goals. Always behind at least Malkin or Crosby.
The Sabres problems wasn't from a lack of defense. It was from a lack of offense. I just can't see the point of trading the leader in goals, assists, and points for a Good two way player that hasn't proven anything yet.
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Staal hasn't proven anything yet? Really? He is constantly tasked with shutting down opposing teams top lines, and he still has very respectable point totals, which have been steadily increasing. With Staal, we can continue to basically run 3 scoring lines, so one of them will always get "easy" minutes to generate chances on, preferably (and probably, since Foligno's a rookie and Ruff loves giving rookies easy minutes) F-E-S. We could flip Roy for a winger and the result would be a younger, more balanced team. We'd end up with a great group of young centers to build a contender around.