Please re evaluate your forward lines. You have a bottom 6 of playmakers... kerfoot and nylander and spezza and Bracco? I would rather cheer on the bruins than suffer nylander in the third line again and watch kappy’s low percentage shots get frozen for a line change due to his lack of vision.

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The fourth line is up in the air at the moment, I think you need some energy guys to go with spezza. I also think spezza gets a lot of key faceoffs with other lines. I just don’t see Bracco fitting at the moment. He would have been great with Kadri or mathews. Maybe a good time to bring him in here and there then lock him in to a 2 year cheap one way deal if he looks good at the nhl level.

Moore does not get enough credit for his vision. I noticed right away that he has a great sense of where the pressure is coming from and what area his team mates are pressing into. Plus the energy forcheck game he is known for.

Getting that playmaker that likes to slow things down and play possession hockey is important to pair with a good shooter.

I think the route Dubas has taken with his 3/4th lines and bottom pairing D. Have a lot of options between $700-800k and let them battle it out in training camp. Then, hopefully, Babcock rides his top lines for a disproportionate amount of ice time so that, even if we have a 4th line of hacks...they're only getting 6-7min a night.

Maybe there's some vet's sitting around near the end of August you can sign to PTO's to add to the competition.

For that money that is an 8 year contract for marner.

It’s funny, I’vr Always like watching our 4th line go out and press hard. At the same time you need to get more minutes to the top 6. I think Babcock needs to do a better job at putting the ;th line out at key moments for energy (your top 6 should be bagged at this moment) and nothing more. Roll the third line in for energy and production and give that top 6 20min each. Minimum.