Is that the cost of acquiring Manson?? Yikes!!

I agree with you. Stand pat and wait for the cavalry (Hog, Pod etc) Moving Pearson doesn’t sit well with me lol.

I’ve also seen recently on here that apparently Hughes can/has said he could play either side??? Let’s hope Rathbone and Juolevi develop into what we hope they can, and move Hughes to the right side. Rath Hughes. OJ Raff or something like that. Then pick up some depth down the line.

That’s a very soft 4some needing size & meanness added in the top 4. OJ & Rafferty are likely solid bottom 6 material once they get experience.

Soft? Sooooftttt? Hughes is one of the meanest in the game!! I kid of course lol
Yes I agree. It’s a good start, but work will be needed for sure!

I go crazy on trade ideas pretty often & change my mind a lot. My focus is usually on creating cap space. Roster wise is a top pairing RHD for Hughes assuming Tanev is gone. I can accept Tanev if he signs a team friendly contract say 2or3/4m. If not then explore an OS for Cernak is next up. Edmundson also as a UFA has me curious. Pietrangelo ideally but needs a few trades to open up cap money. That means picks/prospects out to move a few contracts. The 1yr vet contracts are ok to keep so it leaves Loui & Beagle & maybe Roussel. Hoping Sven wants to terminate to pursue a fresh start for his last chance of sticking in the NHL. Stecher I can see gone since he’ll cost too much & isn’t big enough given his offence isn’t good. Montour is a trade idea. I’ve other ideas I don’t remember with so many ideas I’ve thought on.

I don’t know what to say other than I agree with everything you say! Lol

Thanks for the credit

I'm not sure that Hughes has ever said he'd be comfortable playing the right side, but I've made a few ACGM's based on that premise so that VAN can try to acquire a high quality LHD for him to play with. I just think his rover style and the fact that he seems comfortable everywhere on the ice makes it a possibility that he could play his off-side.