Ray Fittipaldo

What they really need to do is get a centerman who can play ahead of Trochek so that they can maximize the value they get from him because they're not that strong in the middle.

And they need a center iceman who can really kind of take them to another level.

And where they're hard to find,

You know, they got Lafreniere in the draft.

They got Capocacco in the draft.

And they struck out, I think, on both of those players going all the way to the bottom to get them.

And so that can happen, too.

Everybody wants you to tank, you know, finish in the top five.

And then you make a couple of picks that don't pan out.

That can be disastrous.

Well, I think, again, it has to do with what he gets in return, and I don't think you can expect a whole lot in return for a Nolichari.

He might be better off just keeping him.

Anthony Manta, I kind of look at Anthony Manta as like a long-term rental this year.

If you were making a deal to get a guy like Anthony Manta at the trade deadline, you'd be renting him, right?

So now just look at it as like he's renting him for the rest of this year, and he might end up signing him to an extension.

I can see that happening.

So he already kind of has his guys.

He made a couple of key deals before the season to get these guys, and then he made that Tommy Novak deal last year.

So he's already kind of acquired players who are, in the case of Manta, he's on an expiring contract.

I don't see him moving him.