Trying to upgrade my forwards by trading Yandle

[LeTrefle]

Lost faith in Yandle. He still carries some value for some gms.
A gm is willing to trade B.Richards for a younger/better keeper.
Yandle for BRichards should be a good trade base.
Now, I can't afford to lose a d-man strait up in a trade. I need one lesser to come back my way. He has Zidlicky, Burns, Kulikov and Hamuis available.
He's also high on Hubedeau. He sits on my bench week after week and he's not keeper material for sure.
I was thinking offering :
Yandle + Huberdeau for BRichards + Zidlicky.
What do you think of this trade for the league in my sig?
Selling low on Yandle?
Afraid of low TOI in NY for Richards?
Can I regret to trade Huberdeau?
Thank you.

[ridinryan44]

Yuck! I wouldn't be doing that trade. I can understand a yandle/Richards swap, but I wouldn't be adding huberdeau into that trade - especially if it means Zidlicky is the reason he's involved!

[LeTrefle]

Yuck! I wouldn't be doing that trade. I can understand a yandle/Richards swap, but I wouldn't be adding huberdeau into that trade - especially if it means Zidlicky is the reason he's involved!

I would still have to ask for a dman coming back.
I don't think he would accept Richards + Zidlicky for Yandle alone...
The reason I was adding Huberdeau is that I think Richards > Yandle. Adding another dman to the side coming to me makes the deal even more in my favor.
How do you rank Huberdeau only for this year comparing him to my other forwards?
We dress 9 F per week. For now, I don't see him in my top 9...

[Essej]

6 team league, I don't consider Huberdeau a keeper, thus to me he is a very expendable piece. I like the deal I much rather have forwards that produce over D that produce, forward is a much more important position, and you are getting easily the best forward in the deal. Your D also doesn't look terrible even with the loss of Yandle, and Zidlicky is a pretty good points only D. Make the trade, B. Richards will help you more than Yandle ever will.

[ridinryan44]

Ah my bad. Didn't realize huberdeau want a keeper. Seems a fair deal, in that case

[LeTrefle]

Send official offer tonight.
My Huberdeau + Yandle
for
His B.Richards + Zidlicky
Added an optional goalies swap to the trade. Halak vs Ward.
His team is St.Louis and in my league, gms like to have the goalie from their team because we have a weekly winner of 10$ for the most points. When your team + goalie win, you get 4 points. 6 points for a blank.

[LeTrefle]

...and Yandle gets 3 helpers tonight, 28min TOI, 8min PP...
Every thing to make me doubting... or to make the other gm bites to my trade offer...

[Fast Tony DeNiro]

Personally I wouldn't make that trade....even without Richards your forward group goes at least 9 deep, with some decent players to cover injuries or cold streaks. Your defense is thin....Doughty is in his third straight year of struggling, Markov is one stiff breeze away from IR, Goligoski I don't even know, Wiz is pretty injury-prone as well, Kaberle enough said, and Nikitin has a lot of competition in Columbus.

I feel like you need Yandle more than you need Richards. Hell even before tonight, he had 6 points in 14 games....not great but it's early and he's definitely capable of games like the one tonight against the Jackets. In one night he went from a disappointing 6 in 14 to a good 9 in 15.

The value from Yandle to Richards isn't bad, but I just think you need the help on defense more than you do at forward.

[LeTrefle]

Send official offer tonight.
My Huberdeau + Yandle
for
His B.Richards + Zidlicky
Added an optional goalies swap to the trade. Halak vs Ward.
His team is St.Louis and in my league, gms like to have the goalie from their team because we have a weekly winner of 10$ for the most points. When your team + goalie win, you get 4 points. 6 points for a blank.

He countered this morning with:
My Little + Yandle + Halak
for
His Richards + Kulikov + Ward
???

[LeTrefle]

He countered this morning with:
My Little + Yandle + Halak
for
His Richards + Kulikov + Ward
???

The goalie swap is not a factor for me in the trade. I have Price as my #1.
I really think Zidlicky is a better option than Kulikov.
Is there a big difference between Little and Huberdeau?
The main point here is to determine if I will end the year with more points with B.Richards bumping Lucic or Berglund out of my top-9 or with Yandle staying on my team over Zidlicky...
I'm in contention, I really think I can win it this year.
As usual, thank you for your input.