Hmm. Interesting.

Edmonton gets screwed here

Robbing Peter to pay Paul. Now you need a top-4 RHD.

True for only a year, and I think Benning plus Bouchard can make if work especially if you keep Russell in the fold and Kelfbom stays healthy. (That’s a lot of what ifs but still it’s only for a year)

- Tippett doesn't trust Benning in the top-4, that much is obvious. No way Holland builds a lineup that has Benning penciled into the top-4.
- Bouchard may be NHL ready now, but Holland won't clear a spot for him, that's not how he does things. And I agree. It would be a bad bet for a contender to pencil a raw rookie into the top-4 completely untried.
- Russell played much better on the left side, I don't think he's going back to the right except in the case of an in-game injury.

You're going into training camp with a weaker defense than last year, and only a slightly stronger offense.

And Honka is a really, really sad return for Puljujarvi. He may never play in the NHL again.

Agreed, I like Faksa but not at the price of weaker D plus Honka who isn't on roster would just be claimed by somebody like ANA who are very short on RHD.