Savard + for Ryan +
Hmmm. As much as I like Bobby Ryan, I would not advise doing this trade.
While keeping Savard would mean you sacrifice your 4th round pick, he should be a perennial 100 point threat which would consistently place him in top10 in league scoring. That IMO is more than worth a 4th round pick. I assume without doing the trade your keepers would be Savard.Heatley.Price and then Phanuef.
If you were to pull the trigger, you would have Ryan.Heatley.Price.Phanuef
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I just feel that with so few keepers each year, you cant really afford to \'downgrade\' on a top 10 scorer. This is no doubt an \'off-year\' for Heatley. He should come back strong next season and form a great core along with Price.Phaneuf.Savard.
If you were to pull a trade now, It may be smart (if the owner is crazy) to bundle up Phanuef and Backstrom (since you wont keep him anyways) for Green. A trade like this would definately hurt you in the short term, but would give you the best d-man in the world as well as Price.Savard.Heatley. That would be a dominant keeper core that should/would keep you in the hunt for years.
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