Quoting: sharcuda22
It's just that so far Mike is 0/4. Missed on Kunin and Linblom.
0/4 on what? He's made a ton of incredible moves:
- Turned a mid 1st into Bystedt, Havelid, and Lund who are all already looking like steals from where they were picked
- Strum - Unreal value for depth forward/PKer
- Benning - 1.25 mil for another 3 years for a middle pairing d-man. best value contract on the team
- Kunin - solid player that had bad injury luck. Low AAV and little risk
- Traded Reedy for Peterson who looked like a legit top 6 winger
- Meier for a top 4 D prospect, Depth D prospect, young NHL ready Middle Six winger with top 6 potential, a 1st, and 2nd with a chance to become a 1st
- Gets Thrun for 3rd who has top 4 potential
- Signs Pulli for free - physical shut-down D man with middle pairing potential
- Eyssimont picked up off waivers and flipped for a mid-round pick without having to use a retention slot
Sure Lindblom and Svech have been meh but these signing were all low risk medium reward. We gave up nothing for these guys and they barely take up any cap space.
As for the overstocking on LD. It's never a bad thing to have to many 18-23 y/o with high potential in our system. At worst we'll be in a situation where we can trade for a guy who fits our need. For instance we had this problem with RD years ago and traded Demers for Dillon.