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I was torn on defensive pairings. Thought about switching Weber and Petry, because Petry reminds me a lot of Niskanen so that would be a great top pair, but I think Orlov and Petry can cover back for Weber and Ghost to join the rush a little bit more, while still making good outlet passes and occasionally stepping up. Ghost and Weber together would leave Weber back in his own end, not contributing on offense, and Weber deserves to play his game.
I think the above blue line moves almost as many pucks as San Jose's. Given that Domi is playing like he did in Arizona right now, and even with a hot start, Vejdemo is like eighth on Montreal's center depth chart, this is a no-risk, massive reward set of moves for Montreal. It leaves them with a speedy, talented, young forward group, and arguably the best two-way blue line in the NHL. That should snap Price out of mediocrity and snap Montreal fans out of wanting to trade him. It should make the Habs contenders.
My big question from a Caps fan side is whether Domi might consider a 4x4 bridge deal, which would make this a win for the Caps in terms of long term cap space, even if it's a loss on the ice this year. Or if not, is it possible he'd go for six years at an Orlov-like 5.5, so that at least the Caps don't end up losing much cap space in the summer they're looking at trying to re-sign Backstrom?
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