Edited Mar. 28, 2019 at 5:37 a.m.
Maybe im biased cause being between the pipes for whole my youth ( even 8 years on pro level here in Europe ) but its obvious if a Goalie and D cant perform, Team can be All-stars offensive, but wont be able to win games, cause you will always receive one more goal that you will score.
I was advocating since joining here that D needs to be adressed ( as i said, my pov on the thing from where i was standing on the ice ), ppl told me we are fine. Muzzin was brought in which is great, injuries striked, PP with all those superstars failing, and now....extremly bad timing for Andersen to hit slumpy mode and Sparks not being able to step up.
Sacrifice some offensive depth for D ffs :
Muzzin should be Manson <> Grundstrom, Durzi, 1st ( 2019 ), 2nd ( 2019 ), 2nd ( 2020 ).......ofc before Montour to BUF happened
Offence depth for Pesce <> Kadri, 1st ( 2020 )......first to compensate 4y younger, 1y longer term "stay at home" RHD which are some kind of gold in NHL currently
TL;DR : no