After the dust

Your defense is probably going to be lacking to make a true playoff run.

I think you got what you could get.

The Lindholm deal looks like a net positive especially if you can rebuild Kuzmenko’s value.

The Tanev deal was about what you could expect. A prospect you like plus a 2nd

The Hanifin deal became a pure rental cost because he was leveraging his want. As soon as Boston shifted to acquiring Lindholm, I think the return was kind of inevitable.

At what point do you think Poirier will be ready to come up?

Don't know much about Miro, but I'd leave Kylington and Pachal together.

I think Poirier will probably get called up once we're eliminated from the playoffs. Hopefully he can make the team out of camp next season in a sheltered role, and to QB the power play.

I don't imagine they're going to rush Poirier in any sense given he's coming off of a pretty serious injury. Honestly, he's been a little prone to it as well so I don't think he's on track for the NHL as others might think. Conny may be content with running with the core we got and see who really steps up. A long playoff run is a very lofty goal but this team is demonstrating that they can find ways to get a win which is as much as you really want from any team.

In a lot of ways, the pressure is off. We can't be a top, cup contender. We can't lose enough to secure a top 3 draft pick. We still have the capacity to win games and the players we brought in really want to be here. And, again, I have to highlight the fact that everyone that was moved out didn't really see a future for themselves here, with the exception for Tanev.

This is as close to "retooling on the fly" as you can come.

I've watched a few highlights from Miro and it's giving me Sharky vibes from when we first traded for him.