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With the season almost over, maybe it is time to start consider our offseason moves.
Looking at the forwards we appear to be particularly deep, able to assemble four decent lines and then some.
On defence however, we have an unrestricted free agent in Kalinin plus a likely retirement in Numminen. While Sekera and Weber did well when stepping up we certainly lack depth here, and could struggle to put together 3 pairs of defencemen.
Between the pipes, Thibault has been a disappointment whilst there will always be concerns about Ehroth's size.
There are a number of interesting Unrestricted Free Agents, and some top Restricted Free Agents but I can't see Golisano putting together a huge deal for someone like Bouwmeester. However we could undertake a couple of interesting trades.
On the right wing we have Pominville, Stafford, Bernier who we need to resign and Kaleta to be a nusiance on the 4th line. This leaves the off injured Afingonev, and possibly Ales Kotalik. In the center, we've got Roy and Hecht with Paille and MacArthur able to fill in and Gaustad available. Again we have an injury prone Tim Connolly as well. We are less deep on the left but can still call on Vanek, Paille, MacArthur with Mr Nasty Peters as well.
Both Vancouver and Nashville are deep in defence and looking for forwards. They also have a number of RFA Defensemen who could be worthy of trading for. At the Predators, Shea Weber, Ryan Suter and Kevin Klein are all RFA and it may not be possible for Nashville to resign them all.
At the Canucks, they are looking for scoring help and have defensive depth with Bourdon, Bieksa and maybe even Krajicek available.
Either way, we shore up our defense, maximise the value of our excess of forwards.
In the Net, if the Predators resign Dan Ellis, then they have to send Pekka Rinne back to the minors but he would need to clear waivers. A cheeky bid might acquire a decent backup here.
Considering the draft, I think we will go forwards with both R1 selections as virtually all mocks have these guys here, and we went defense last year.
So, bye bye to Afingonev and Kotalik, and hello to Klein and Krajicek.
Thoughts?
Looking at the forwards we appear to be particularly deep, able to assemble four decent lines and then some.
On defence however, we have an unrestricted free agent in Kalinin plus a likely retirement in Numminen. While Sekera and Weber did well when stepping up we certainly lack depth here, and could struggle to put together 3 pairs of defencemen.
Between the pipes, Thibault has been a disappointment whilst there will always be concerns about Ehroth's size.
There are a number of interesting Unrestricted Free Agents, and some top Restricted Free Agents but I can't see Golisano putting together a huge deal for someone like Bouwmeester. However we could undertake a couple of interesting trades.
On the right wing we have Pominville, Stafford, Bernier who we need to resign and Kaleta to be a nusiance on the 4th line. This leaves the off injured Afingonev, and possibly Ales Kotalik. In the center, we've got Roy and Hecht with Paille and MacArthur able to fill in and Gaustad available. Again we have an injury prone Tim Connolly as well. We are less deep on the left but can still call on Vanek, Paille, MacArthur with Mr Nasty Peters as well.
Both Vancouver and Nashville are deep in defence and looking for forwards. They also have a number of RFA Defensemen who could be worthy of trading for. At the Predators, Shea Weber, Ryan Suter and Kevin Klein are all RFA and it may not be possible for Nashville to resign them all.
At the Canucks, they are looking for scoring help and have defensive depth with Bourdon, Bieksa and maybe even Krajicek available.
Either way, we shore up our defense, maximise the value of our excess of forwards.
In the Net, if the Predators resign Dan Ellis, then they have to send Pekka Rinne back to the minors but he would need to clear waivers. A cheeky bid might acquire a decent backup here.
Considering the draft, I think we will go forwards with both R1 selections as virtually all mocks have these guys here, and we went defense last year.
So, bye bye to Afingonev and Kotalik, and hello to Klein and Krajicek.
Thoughts?
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