Fantasy Impact: Clendening to the Canucks
steve laidlaw
2015-01-30
Fantasy Impact: The Canucks acquire Adam Clendening from the Blackhawks for Gustav Forsling.
The Canucks get: A prospect defenseman with strong offensive skills on the verge of making the NHL.
The Blackhawks get: A prospect defenseman with strong offensive skills several years from making the NHL.
Furthermore, there is a little more room for prospects like Trevor van Riemsdyk, Stephen Johns, Klas Dahlbeck and Ville Pokka to name a few.
The impact on Forsling (read more on him here) is probably minimal. In the Vancouver system he would have had less competition for a roster spot whenever he was ready to make the leap but in Chicago he gets a more stable environment. The Blackhawks are a lock to be good in three-four years when Forsling debuts and Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook might have aged enough for the youngster to play a significant role. The Canucks, meanwhile, may not have much whenever the Sedins call it quits so Forsling may have avoided stepping into a dead zone.
Still, what's better: huge minutes on a barren roster or getting stuck behind a perennial Norris candidate in Keith? Yeah, I might take the wasteland too, from a fantasy perspective. But the wait is going to be a while either way, which is what makes this a great deal for the Canucks. They accelerated the timetable (and certainty) on their prospect investment by parlaying Forsling's huge World Junior performance into the more ready (and proven) asset in Clendening. This is what all fantasy owners should strive to do following the World Juniors. Turn the prospect hype into improved production now.
One final impact is that this might quell the Zack Kassian rumours. He was the name most frequently bandied about as bait to lure a defenseman to Vancouver. This doesn't take a trade off the table nor does it necessarily hurt or help Kassian. It does impact him though.
Fantasy Players this helps, in order:
Adam Clendening
TJ Brennan
Trevor van Riemsdyk
Fantasy Players this hurts, in order:
Frankie Corrado
Gustav Forsling
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