and barely any cap space...thanks Stan.

We had plenty of cap space and ended up with two middle LHD guys (Maatta and De Haan) at $4M and $4.5M both with injury history plus bottom 6 players costing us another $8M+ (Carpenter, Smith and Shaw). I like the Lehner move and De Haan; Shaw is OKAY but we gave up to much. No need for Smith at that cap hit and Maatta was just a horrible deal.

I think Stan realizes the window is closing and wants to make another cup run while Toews and Kane are in their early 30's and before all our younger guys need contract extensions, which is why certain moves have been made. Maatta, when on his game, is a serviceable defensive-defenseman and still fairly young. De Haan is the same but is more realiable, consistent and has better speed, and he fits in the top-4. Both individuals do not have NMC's or NTC's which prevents them from being moved if Stan decides to go that route, which is nice. Our bottom-6 has been atrocious the past few years and we've become a very top heavy team with the top 2 lines taking up 75% of the teams scoring. Having the likes of Shaw, Saad, Smith, Caggiula, Carpenter, etc. not only provides secondary scoring, but they provide the sandpaper that this team has lacked for years now. It's nice to be able to roll 4 lines that can score and hit and not have to rely just on Kane's and Toews's lines to do so. Also, Anisimov was a 3rd Line Center at best making top-6 money, he's under 50% on the dot (Smith is a career 50.7% from the dot) and really only shined when playing along side Panarin and Kane. Finding a player with Shaw's contract and playing style is hard to find in today's NHL and even though we might have given up a little too much, he is worth it at that price. Lehner, yes, was a fantastic signing and probably means the end for Crow after this year.