Edited Jan. 2, 2020 at 8:20 p.m.
Quoting: oneX
I understood your idea. I think if land one D somehow without trading Hyman, that should be enough. Will the D perfect for the playoffs? No but unless you start making big changes to the roster, there won't be a perfect D.
If able to trade Johnsson or Kapanen+ for a D, that's going to have to be good enough.
Sry, but im on TML bandwagon for decades now and their mindset where Kaberle - McCabe are enough to bring parade into town isnt working.
in my books following would be sufficient to adress current stats of GA 26th......SA 28th......SCA 23th......PP 7th......PK 26th...:
Rielly - Hamonic
Muzzin - Murphy
Sandin - Liljegren
Many of you are yelling how Muzzin sucks, but pair him with someone that knows how to play D at the start of Season and he wont look tired after 40 Games, cause he wont hold three corners alone and will not be on pace of 60 Games played....
Also some backup, so Andersen wont succumb to 3.76 in Playoffs again.....
To lazy to re-write
Quoting: Laudan
Kerfoot is winger playing #3C by emergency need. He was 44 points as LW, now he will proly end around 30 for 3,5M, its not easy to play the most skilled position in your Line. Engvall did decent job as C with Marlies, so i would go with Johnsson - Engvall - Kapanen as 3rd Line. 4th Line is always optional and TML have plenty of names to fill those three places.
My list of expendables goes :
1) Barrie ( can be swaped for some defensive D of team with surplus of those, hoping for CGY & Hamonic or CBJ & Savard )
2) Ceci ( in pack with some of better names from this list )
3) Kerfoot ( 3rd line C can be like 1,5M Eriksson-Ek for 25 Points per Season that Kerfoot will get playing in his new role as C )
4) Hyman ( you can land something good still this year cause next year as a rental he'll land less,, will walk away or demand 4M+ that TML dont have )
5) Timashov
6) Holl
7) and the last that will piss 95% of fan base again......Dermott ( Sandin & Liljegren coming for 3rd Pair with hopefully Holl as scratch if he wont demand more then 2 x 1,2M )
Packages of above 6 + both 2nds would prolly land one or two Top Ds, #3C and a backup......