buff cries tears of joy as they accept that

Risto sucks

He could beat you in a push-up contest!

Unfortunately the NHL doesn't decide its games by the amount of pushups its players can do. Maybe he should retire and become a professional push-up competitor... he'd probably be better at it than he is at his current job

There goes our last gritty player. I wonder who will stick up for Matthews, Marner, Tavares, or Nylander when they get laid out by Ryan Reaves, Kadri, Wilson and other players who are not afraid to hit.

Ralph Krueger would be devised. But 5.4 off the books wouldn’t be bad at all.

I should hope so

I have a feeling if Dubas needs a RHD for Rielly he will be going to Buffalo as they have a lot of them. Now who he goes for I dont know. I see Miller or Montour with a 0.1% chance of Joki as the new GM may move him and bring in a forward.

I mean, the trade is bad but lol at needing players to "stick up for " the stars like that matters

Jokiharju is the only one dubas might give up something decent for. He's probably interested in montour or miller if the price is very low.

If your concern is size and grit you will get that in spades with Risto. He always is there for his teammates and plays with an edge to a fault slot of times. You probably are not as good of a team after making this move but you would definitely be more gritty

All I see in Ristolainen is another defensive liability who cannot defend for his life. If we are trading for him, we should consider re-signing Barrie instead.

Agreed that he definitely struggles defensively but that is not do to a lack of grit or toughness that he has in spades. He just has poor awareness and alot of times takes himself out of position so that he can make a big hit