We did get Palat who fit our needs more than Johnny, but maybe not the timeline.

To me, if the goaltending is there, we are competing for playoff spot.

are you serious why would you scratch ty smith scratch his father brendan instead

I wish I had your confidence

Why would Buffalo do that, the 4th has more value

it seems like a buffalo thing to do

If we had the goaltending last year, we would have been just outside the conversation. And we are bound to improve simply by getting older, and hopefully healthy.

There are only so many playmakers and puck-rushers a team can have. And our transition game was already among the league’s best.

Now we have a little improvements in areas we need to work on: winning the puck in corners, mixing it up near the crease (ours and theirs), blocking shots from point, getting the PP organized with good coaching, And over next two years, we are going to have a parade of elite young talent coming up through the ranks (Holtz, Luke, Mukhamadullin, Nemec, Gritsyuk). And lastly, we have no dead weight on books and great cap position.

There is a lot to be optimistic about.