Everyday there are annoying trade news with key players mentioned. How do we know which to believe?

I would love Jason, but giving up Lacomb gives us a whole in our defense and also Pats trading our likeable players off. Soon itl all be vets from other teams.

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  1. Well apparently Jeff Marek said this so if you wanna do a deeper dive on this, I would look into his socials to see if it’s true or not

  2. Team is already young and inexperienced on the left side, lets trade the only effective left sided D we have! Also Dallas is loaded on the left side on D, Lacombe for Robertson makes zero sense for either team.

  3. I’d keep Lacombe over Minty over Zelly. I think if Lacombe is traded we’ll regret it.

  4. I’d trade Minty or Zellweger before LaCombe. He’s the only one that’s untouchable for me on D

  5. Robertson is great but he’s probably closer to the 80 point guy he’s been the last two seasons than the 109 point guy he was in 2022-2023. I don’t think you can give up LaComb for an 80 point guy when none of the other young defensemen on the team have proven themselves.

  6. Damn. That’s a tall ask.

    Not saying the value isn’t fair, but I’d be apprehensive of shipping him out at this stage. He’s the only D-man I’d have on my ‘Can’t Touch’ list. If that is the cost, I’d prefer to keep him, and that isn’t a knock on JRob or the Stars ask, just how highly I think of LaCombe.

  7. Did you hear any rumors that the Ducks were interested in Trouba before they traded to acquire him?
    Any rumors about the Ducks being interested in Kreider before they traded to acquire him?
    Any rumors about the Ducks being contenders to get Gauthier before the trade was finalized and announced?
    Any rumors about the Ducks moving Zegras to Philadelphia before it happened?
    Any rumors about Gibson being sent to Detroit before it happened?

    The Ducks don’t leak information. I’m not saying they’re not interested in getting Robertson, or that they haven’t talked with the Stars about a potential trade, but rumors are only posted to get clicks, likes, shares and views. The overwhelming majority are not accurate and if/when the Ducks make moves, they often come out of nowhere.

    (e3) – IYKYK

  8. Trading Lacombe would be a borderline fireable offense. Kid is looking like he can be a #1 defenseman in this league, those are way harder to find than scoring wingers (not saying it’s easy to find the latter)

  9. I would be willing to bet so much money that Verbeek would never trade LaCombe for a player like Jason Robertson, but I don’t gamble. Nothing to see here though

  10. I love Jason Robertson don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think he is the player people think he is. To some degree he is a product of his surroundings IMO. There isn’t really a world where I see it being worth to trade any of our young roster players or any of our top 5 or so prospects for him, outside MAYBY zelly…. Even then it would be a tough ask. If we trade Jackson of all people for him it would be devastating.

  11. Man this is so typical Ducks fan. I remember when we were in on Eichel and everyone said Zegras is off limits because he would be better than Eichel.

    You have to give to get. Lacombe is good. Like scary good. But so is Robertson, and players like him don’t come around often. Trading Lacombe for Robertson would be a fantastic trade for both sides.

  12. Robertson would be a great addition, that being said Lacombe is maybe our 4th or 5th most valuable player. I wouldn’t trade him, I’d rather try to package something else. But Robertson is a very good player and Dallas would want a good player in return.

  13. Well considering you got this from thepondpress but knowingly cropped out their watermark at the top, you already know this is worthless. At that point you’re just purposefully spreading bullshit.

  14. I’m sure we’d all rather not trade lacombe. But Dallas doesn’t want a player we’d be willing to give up, I would assume. Gotta give up elite talent to get it.

  15. This quote comes right after Marek says, [“…this is summer series of podcasts me and wish throwing stuff throwing it up against the wall seeing what sticks here…”](https://youtu.be/DKehRg117iA?t=3693)

    They are just speculating on random shit. It takes 30 seconds to look into this bullshit. Do the bare minimum work before posting this crap.

  16. If this trade goes through, Verbeek deserves to lose his job. We aren’t making the playoffs next season, I can already tell. Get ready for another Top 10 pick Ducks fans.

  17. seems about right. He’s a star player. Any rumours should start and stop with talent going back the other way.

  18. Regarding OPs question, dont believe anything 100% until it is made official by the league. Until then, approach everything with varying degrees of suspicion depending on the reputation of the person posting. If Friedman posts that a trade may be imminent, I am way more likely to believe him than someone like Marek or Weekes who throw shit at the wall to see what sticks.

    In this case, there is obviously a bit of smoke, and where there is smoke there is fire. I believe that there is a connection between Robertson and Anaheim, but seeing as no deal is done, it is safe to say that teams are still hashing it out and determining how to proceed.

    Personally, I find it extremely unlikely that Anaheim would be willing to move what most project to be an eventual elite left-handed defenseman. There is a greater premium on high-end defense in this league than there are on point scoring wingers (as good as Robertson is). It is going to take a significant package to get Robertson, but the trade still has to make sense for both teams.

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