This team is going be REALLY good

I WANT Graves on this team, I just don't want to give him term. 1RD is the bigger, longer term issue that we need to address first.

I'd prefer to send Dostal and Fantilli to San Diego with all the new talent arriving down there from the minors this season, let them win a Calder cup together and then come up for the 24-25 season. Most of them will be playing together up on the big team anyway, so they will be able to build chemistry while they are there, and hopefully that winning atmosphere jump starts a few of our stalled prospects down there.

Other than the fact that I would give Graves 5 seasons instead of 4 if we can't address the RhD issue that my friend @GiggyWithGibby highlights, I like all of your significant moves here. I mean, REALLY like.

Where we differ is the third defense pairing. (Big deal.) Personally, I'd qualify Benoit and keep LaCombe up unless we make the contemplated Vaakanainen-for-Forbort swap. And I think that it's time to start auditioning Hellesen and Andersson.

Sign Bert. 👍

I highly doubt Stecher wants to play on the same team as Zegras haha.

Besides that the only thing that’s missing is Tyler Bertuzzi

I understand everyone wanting to sign Bert, and I think honestly he would be a great fit, I do worry about injury history. Last time he played over 70 games was 2019 - 2020. I also wonder if he is willing to wait a couple years for this team to be truly competitive