ItsInTheNet
Joined: Jun. 2017
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I think your RW's are jumbled and Czarnik shouldn't be a top 9 player unless he has a great camp and is light years ahead of where he was last season.
I made a mock awhile ago that had Spooner + McQuaid for Merrill. I felt that was a good trade, but if they insisted on Kevan Miller I'd like to get more back from them then just Merrill, which you accomplished. I think this is very good. I might change Carlo with McAvoy to give us a shutdown pair and put them at the top pair, then Krug and McQuaid and then Merrill and McAvoy. It all depends on Chara's tank and how much he's got left in it. If he can play 22 minutes or even 21 minutes a night and Carlo steps up a minute or 2 to be the same amount as Chara, I'd think they were clearly the top pair. Krug does play top 4 minutes, clocking over 21 atoi, but McQuaid is like 18 or so if I remember right, so that averages out to under 20 minutes, so they wouldn't be the top option.
I've done some mocks trading Khudobin, but I've finally made up my mind and want to give him some games first this year. He seemed to play better near the end of the season, so that might carry over to this year. McIntyre is a solid prospect and should dominate the AHL level, but is he really ready to play 20-30 NHL games and have good numbers? I thought he looked okay with his play at the NHL level, but he was outmatched a bit. I'd just keep Khudobin for a year and then promote the winner of the AHL battle between McIntyre and Subban the following season and the best part is that they both took crap salaries this season, so we'll most likely be able to re-sign them at a low number if they play outside the NHL this year.
I'm also missing Bjork on this mock, who was called a lock by CSNNE to make the Bruins roster. They also had JFK on that list. Not sure who'll be right, but this is solid. Good job.