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I like it! I like Khaira as 4C, but if you could sign someone as a really good PKer and good at face-offs that would be better. I would rather trade Kassian and keep Cagguila for 1m. Save 1m in cap and I think Cagguila is more versatile and has a higher ceiling then Kassian. I would also rather keep Benning and have Bear play as the #1 Dman on Bakersfield and get 25min a night and run the 1st power play unit. Hopefully him and Jones will be ready for 2019-20 after Sekera and Russell give their trade lists in summer 2019.
In 2019-20 the D could look like:
Nurse Larsson shutdown pair
Klefbom Bear offensive start pair
Jones Benning
If you trade Benning and select Boqvist you need to hope he develops fast or keep Russell. Might be better to take a LW instead... I would just select the best player available because we are definitely short on the LW, and may or may not be short at RHD depending on Bear's development.
Considering LW, I am also not bullish that Aberg is going to be a good starter on the bottom 6 LW. Theres a reason the preds traded him for essentially a 4th round pick.