Ryan Miller Is God
Joined: Feb. 2019
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Hmm, this is neat, thanks!
In all honesty, I think Miller walks to FA. He's good, but we don't have a spot for him with Jokiharju looking good and Bryson being able to play on his off-hand. Pysyk has been a steadier, more defensively-sound d-man, which we're reported to be after as a partner for Power. Either we re-sign Pysyk or trade for someone like Connor Murphy. Also, with the way Samuelsson has been playing, he'll be getting more money than that. If he keeps it up, he'll be our 2LHD next season even with Power in the lineup, Matthias is a stud. Power will probably pass him some point, but not by then.
It's been reported that Ruotsalainen is going back to Switzerland. It's a shame, but we don't really have the space in the roster for him.
FYI, we also have good offensive prospects in Olivier Nadeau, Josh Bloom, Tyson Kozak, Matteo Constantini, Aaron Huglen, Brandon Biro and potentially Kisakov/Poltapov, although KHL-based prospects are very uncertain nowadays. Ryan Johnson is ready for the NHL as a Dman (although we may not have space for him), and Novikov looks really good for an 18 yr old KHLer.