mokumboi
Joined: Apr. 2019
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These guys are friggin' hilarious. Casey is a 5-9 160 lb. Dman who almost certainly isn't going to be able to defend for crap in the NHL, AND his offense isn't near to being so good that it will make up for it. In other words, massive no thank you. On top of that, offering them retention turns this into a massive overpay for a guy who maaaaaaaaybe can be a sheltered 3D someday.
So yeah, this doesn't make a whole lot of sense for me. We're trying to get away from the Seamus Caseys of the Dman world, and I'm not interested in throwing away assets and $ for piffle when that asset looked a whole lot like a 30 goal Blues scorer this spring. Hold onto him, let him score and if need be deal him at the TDL for something that we would actually want.