My guess is you can keep one of Fowler, Vats and Stoner. Since the Ducks are needing to add a top 6 winger, you have to shed salary somehow and I can't imagine they will be able to movie Bieksa.

I would say keep Vats as long as his contract is similar to what Fowler is at currently. Vats is right-handed and can quarterback the power play.

With Theodore needing a spot, I think they will move Fowler since he and Theodore play a similar game, but Theodore seems to have more upside and both are left handed.
- CptAhab

The term "power play quarterback" has been overused a lot lately with respect to Vatanen because he is not a power play quarterback. He doesn't carry the puck into the zone on the power play very much and you wouldn't want him to. He is the shot from the point, so you want him open for the opportunity. Also, the similarities between Theodore and Fowler end at they are both left shooting defensemen. Theodore is actually almost an exact copy of Vatanen in terms of being a shooter and he prefers to play the right side, Vatanen's side, as opposed to the left. Fowler is younger than Vatanen and will probably be cheaper for at least the next 2 years. If its between the two, Vatanen is the much better choice to trade away. He is one dimensional and has practically already been replaced by Theodore. If Lindholm is the best Ducks defenseman, which I don't agree with, then Fowler is a very close second best. Why would you trade him over a player who can't get off the bottom pairing most nights?

Well . Randy's back . This feels like a hailmary pass from bob murry . Yawney , mcllean , green , where all better choices . But i guess there's no substitute for experience .

The term "power play quarterback" has been overused a lot lately with respect to Vatanen because he is not a power play quarterback. He doesn't carry the puck into the zone on the power play very much and you wouldn't want him to. He is the shot from the point, so you want him open for the opportunity. Also, the similarities between Theodore and Fowler end at they are both left shooting defensemen. Theodore is actually almost an exact copy of Vatanen in terms of being a shooter and he prefers to play the right side, Vatanen's side, as opposed to the left. Fowler is younger than Vatanen and will probably be cheaper for at least the next 2 years. If its between the two, Vatanen is the much better choice to trade away. He is one dimensional and has practically already been replaced by Theodore. If Lindholm is the best Ducks defenseman, which I don't agree with, then Fowler is a very close second best. Why would you trade him over a player who can't get off the bottom pairing most nights?
- sniper11

lol wat

Fowler isn't all that and a bag of chips... and Vatanen is without a doubt the best offensive defenseman among this group (and I have seen him carry the puck into the zone himself MANY times). If you don't think 45 is the power play quarterback, you haven't been watching enough the last 2 seasons.

lol wat

Fowler isn't all that and a bag of chips... and Vatanen is without a doubt the best offensive defenseman among this group (and I have seen him carry the puck into the zone himself MANY times). If you don't think 45 is the power play quarterback, you haven't been watching enough the last 2 seasons.
- getzlaugh

You are wrong tho. 17 ppp for Fowler and 19 for Vatanen (in 6 more games). Pretty much the same. Vatanen is as much a power play quarterback as Perry is. Vatanen rarely carries the puck in, Fowler and Lindholm do it. I've obviously watched much more than you have. Fowler is a better skater, a better passer, better positionally and a better defender. The only thing Vatanen is better at is shooting the puck, which is why Theodore makes Vatanen totally expendable. At evens, Fowler plays on the top D pair and Vatanen plays on the bottom pair. The only reason Fowler might get traded instead of Vatanen is because his value is so much higher.