Edited Mar. 22 at 5:28 a.m.
Quoting: noted
I agree you wouldn’t do this trade but how is he not available? How many LHD do you need?
He’s “not available” as in : we aren’t looking to trade him
Yes, we have extra Left Shot guys
But if we re-sign Jokiharju, he’s our 7th defenseman
It’s really his age & lack of experience that makes him our 7th guy though
Talent-wise, he’s got nice upside & isn’t a guy we’d wanna move, unless it was for a player we couldn’t get using other pieces
He spent time on the top pair w Dahlin this year & didn’t look out of place
I suppose i could’ve explained it better,
but it just seemed easier to say “not available”
Also, almost all of our LD play both sides as well
Our defense for next year, looks something like this at the moment;
Byram-Dahlin
Power-Jokiharju/new RD
Samuelsson-Clifton
R.Johnson
I know that makes it look like Johnson is the odd man out
But again, he’s young. And he’ll get plenty of playing time rotating in for injuries & giving guys nights off