Eh. Goalie is kind of a question mark. I would swap Jarry for Binnington, Demko for a backup on league minimum, and swap Acciari for a league minimum vet like Marleau

Actually with the savings from Acciari to Marleau you dont even need to drop Demko!

No thanks. Jarry is a 25 year old, all-star goalie. Had better numbers than Binnington last year and the Blues had a better defense.

And Acciari has had Selke votes the last two years. And is tough. A perfect 4th liner IMO. Great defense.

I went and looked for cheaper 3rd pairing D. I found A.Pelech instead of Will Butcher. Saves about 2M. And DeMelo instead of K.Shattenkirk saves about 900k. It let me afford J.Gibson instead of T.Jarry at goalie. I’ll agree that is a big enough of an upgrade..lol.

It would be so much easier just to throw in C.Makar, or Q.Hughes or R.Dahlin or M.Heistanen or even A.Fox or J.Marino or M.Roy. Just one E-L contract on Defense would be a huge help.

Matt roy isn't on an ELC

Ya,an even better team now that I know that. Thanks. I see now that Roy is not on his entry level deal. I knew he had acouple Calder votes last year, so I figured even if he is 24-25 years old, he still is on an Entry level contract.

So when I make these I make a 22 man roster. One spare forward and defenseman which obviously different than your 20. That aside I think the one made earlier my top 6 is better. And first pairing D is better. Gibson narrowly over Lehner though for you. And I’m really 50/50 on the Dougie Hamilton choice. I prefer a beyond stacked top six forward and top 4 defense.

A top line of Larkin Crosby and Mackinnon is beyond fast powerful and skilled with the ability to rotate down to center depending on team matchups