Thoughts Weber for Giroux

[Bender]

Hello all,

Let the post season trading begin.. well for me atleast.

I wanted to get your thoughts for a potential trade:

Giroux vs Weber

Who do you think would be more valuable for the team below? Weber seems like the initial vote based on position but Giroux seems to be a pretty power piece and I feel like stud forwards are pretty damn hard to find where as Blks/Hits/PIMs etc are easier to fill with random defenseman. What are your thoughts?

The stats:

G, A, Pts, +/-, PIM, HIT, BKS, PPP, SHP, SOG

Very deep Dynasty team:

__________________________________________________ _________
Centers: 10
Claude Giroux
Jonathon Toews
Mika Zibanejad
Bryan Little
Brandon Sutter
Cody Eakin
Mark Scheifele
Rocco Grimaldi
Joey Hishon
Zack Smith
__________________________________________________ _________
Left Wingers: 10
Taylor Hall
Gabriel Landeskog
Max Pacioretty
Andrew Ladd
Jamie McGinn
Magnus Paajarvi
Daniil Zharkov
Lucas Lessio
Dwight King
R.J. Umberger
__________________________________________________ _________
Right Wingers: 8
Sam Gagner
T.J. Oshie
Devin Setoguchi
Milan Michalek
Martin Frk
Tobias Rieder
Matt D'Agostini
Austin Watson
__________________________________________________ _________
Defencemen: 14
Alex Edler
Marc Staal
Zach Bogosian
Mike Weber
Ryan Whitney
Braydon Coburn
Ryan Ellis
Oscar Klefbom
Calvin De Haan
Griffin Reinhart
Matt Tennyson
Matt Donovan
Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Ryan Sproul
__________________________________________________ _________
Goalies: 8
Cam Ward
Semyon Varlamov
Niklas Backstrom
Josh Harding
Petr Mrazek
Justin Peters
Calvin Pickard
Olivier Roy

[Kofax]

Giroux seems to be a pretty power piece and I feel like stud forwards are pretty damn hard to find where as Blks/Hits/PIMs etc are easier to fill with random defenseman.

That seems to be the answer right there.

[Pengwin7]

Center for Defense trades should always be regarded as 2-for-2.

Giroux + DefensemanJoe
vs.
CenterBob + Weber


If you trade away Giroux, who takes his spot from your roster (You call this guy "CenterBob").

If you trade for Weber, whose spot does he take from your roster (You call this guy "DefensemanJoe").

That's the real trade.
Do you get more production from Giroux + (Your 4th D, say?)
or
Do you get more production from (Your 3rd C, say?) + Weber
???

Overall... I believe that elite forwards are rarer than elite defenseman.
That said - in some 6F/4D leagues... Weber could be more valuable.

[Bender]

Thank you as always Pengwin for the very detailed response. I was thinking about it in that way which is why I was leaning towards Giroux but with big names like this I always like a second opinion.