LOL. Too bad he didn’t perform that task competently. Like lift Toews’ stick at a minimum.
BTW, have you noticed how much Ryan Graves’ hockey IQ has dropped since moving to the Devils? Graves has played in 29 games this season. His +/- is ‘0’! LOL! Real shrewd assessment you made there JH21.
One Dman had 3 goals, 13 assists and a 0 +/- in 27 games and averages 22:15 of ice time on a stacked offensive team and is a complete liability in the Dzone.
The other Dman has 3 goals, 8 assists and is a 0+/- in 29 games and averages 21:08 of ice time on a much weaker team and can actually defend in his own zone.
Say what you want but we would have been a much better team if we kept Graves at $3.166 million and traded Girard for a top 6 winger and his 5 mil salary and let Seattle take Donskoi.
Landeskog- Mackinnon- Rantanen
G trade- Kadri- Burakovsky
Nichushkin- Newhook- O'Connor
Jost- Compher- Aube Kubel
That is a very solid top 9 and makes our 4th line 10x better than what it is.
Toews - Makar
Byram - EJ
Graves - JJ / Murray