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If Ryan is going to continue to struggle this season.
To Philly
Bobby Ryan
To ANA
Couturier - Luke Schenn
Im not as mean as other people on here but come on... this is bad. I realize couturier is over valued on here but this just does not make sense from a flyers point of view. Couturier is not being traded unless its crazy overpayment(Fowler+). Adding Schenn to this just makes it worse, i realize Bobby Ryan is a really good player but not at the cost of two of our younger assets.
Im not as mean as other people on here but come on... this is bad. I realize couturier is over valued on here but this just does not make sense from a flyers point of view. Couturier is not being traded unless its crazy overpayment(Fowler+). Adding Schenn to this just makes it worse, i realize Bobby Ryan is a really good player but not at the cost of two of our younger assets.
Bad for Philly. Not necessarily the value but the principle. They lack quality defenseman. There is no need for them to trade more defense for more offense.
Also I laugh when you say if Ryan keeps struggling. So lets say he does... Why would other teams be inclined to trade for him? lol
Bad proposal all the way around. Value might be okay but not good on principle.
EDIT: Also the Ducks already have a logjam of quality defenseman. Unless they are receiving a definite upgrade another defenseman is not needed!
Last edited by airforceones25: 01-29-2013 at 04:33 PM.
Im not as mean as other people on here but come on... this is bad. I realize couturier is over valued on here but this just does not make sense from a flyers point of view. Couturier is not being traded unless its crazy overpayment(Fowler+). Adding Schenn to this just makes it worse, i realize Bobby Ryan is a really good player but not at the cost of two of our younger assets.
I think you have it backwards. Couturier + for Fowler and i'm pretty certain the Ducks want no part of giving up Fowler anytime soon.
Really not that tough to follow - Couturier's defensive presence on a team that doesn't defend all that well is more then what it would be for the average team.
edit: Either side could add a small + if you feel it's a bit unbalanced.
Anyhow, Ducks could use a center and with Schenn brothers united, Brayden isn't going anywhere so Couturier would be ideal. Philly needs some young defenders and Sbisa has the potential to be a top 4 defenceman, he just needs to get his stuff together. He could learn a thing or two from Timonen. Sbisa and Schenn could be a great pair in few years. For Ducks, having Getzlaf-Couturier-Holland in the middle would solve some center issues, while Koivu still has some game left in him and there's a guy like Bonino and prospects such as Rakell and Karlsson.
Last edited by JabbaJabba: 01-30-2013 at 10:11 AM.
If Couturier is being moved, Fowler would have to be the target, not Sbisa. Which Anaheim wouldn't do. Flyers should only move Couturier if a young top-pairing guy is available. Sbisa is great, but is not a top-pairing guy right now.
I doubt Anaheim moves Ryan. With the chance that Perry leaves in the offseason and Selanne likely retiring (although we've heard that before), Ryan would be their only top-six winger who isn't a rookie this year.
