Committing to wennberg for three years might not be the best idea.

It's a reasonable cap hit for a player who just might fit at 2C, will be 29 when his contract finishes and can handle 16-18M/game. Competency does have some cost. The other options are to overpay in assets for a Hertl et al which I don't think is a wise choice or go with the mess that is the status quo. It's not perfect but I still choose this option. Am open to different/better ideas.

They could have had him in the off-season could be they don't really like him

Wennberg is meh at best, don't see him as the solution

Must be. If so it's another huge failure by Sweeney because his chosen alternative was spending 7.9M on Haula, Folignio and Nosek and their combined 3G and 10A and those stats just begin to tell the dismal story. Wennberg is a bargain by comparison.



If by meh the coach can tap you on the shoulder anytime during a game and you can at least compete against the oppositions better players and not drag down the better players on your own team then I'm all for it. Like I said above at least he is competent. This team has too many holes for him alone too be the solution but it's an improvement over what Sweeney brought in this offseason. The only solution to that is a minimum of two years waiting for 3 awful contracts to expire and others to start to wind down.

The contract if awful for what he brings, don't see SEA moving him, and Coyle is pretty much the same player so what's the point anyway. He doesn't move the needle