Probably not the best idea because now the right side is awful

Better then it was

Really don’t think Murphy is better than Boqvist. Sure he’s better than Guddy but that’s it.

Man that would be a really young center corps

Defensively, for sure...

It's the future, I'm sure Boone will get plenty of time at center this year but if this team grows it's going to be with Johnson and Sillinger at Center.

I think we missed the boat on Murphy. We should have paid for him at the draft after we missed on chych (if rumors are true). Then we don’t sign gudbranson and we have a right side of boqvist, Murphy, and peeke. Plus blankenburg in the back. A much better right side than this.(I mean the left side is great but I personally don’t want chych at this point.).

CBJ can't have both Murphy and Gudbranson on the right side. They need a better puck mover, like Chychrun.

Murphy is not a top-pairing quality player. He's a fit for the second pair, but Peeke is improving and already capable of playing there.

Sorry I'm just frustrated with the very poor pre-season we've seen so far from Bean and Boqvist in particular. Chychrun is very good player, top pairing guy on quite a few teams but ideally a top 4 guy on a stanley cup contending team. 24 years old, good contract but man I'm worried about the injury history.. I think at this point we're probably going to roll with the D that we have.. I'm excited to see what Peeke and Blankenburg can do... Really hoping Boqvist figures it out. I'm less then hopefull regarding Bean.. Hpoefully we get Gavrikov resigned.. Just worried about this D-core.

Same here. I still think Chychrun could be a good fit though and could happen anytime between now and the TDL, though I would think if it does happen it will be at the deadline and if we are in the playoff hunt and if the defense is still too soft because of Boqvist and Bean - which all could very reasonably happen.

IMO Blankenburg has beat both of them out between last season and this preseason. A deal for Chychrun boils down to 'what is the right price?' Which is what I'm sure Jarmo and Co. are going through right now - negotiating with ARZ for the best price withboth sides knowing they have almost six months to get a deal done. Hopefully another team doesn't swoop in and outbid everyone at the last minute, but that is probably what ARZ is praying for. Right now it is between us and Detroit, and Steve Y doesn't like to trade his prospects, but both DET and CBj have deep pools to pick from so who knows?

No need to be sorry. Bean I completely agree has shown no improvement. But boqvist looks faster and alittle more assertive.
We have jiricek and mateychuk only a year or 2 away so that’ll help bolster the backend in the future. but still I get the frustration. I hope they are better but just don’t think acquiring chychrun for a package he would require is the right move.

Chychrun won't be ready for the start of the season again because of injuries... I think he's recovering from a wrist surgery. Great player, but man.. he's also giving me major pa ascal leclaire vibes...