McMetal
Writer of Wrongs
- Sep 29, 2015
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In:
Casey Mittelstadt
Sean Walker
Yakov Trenin
Brandon Duhaime
Out:
Ryan Johansen
Bowen Byram
Ben Meyers
Kurtis MacDermid
I don't know about you, but just looking at the NHL roster players in/out, that's a huge win for the "In" column. RyJo was dead weight; an offensive black hole and a defensive liability. Byram was good but underused and buried on the bottom pair. Meyers was clearly not a fit for what they wanted the bottom six to look like this year. MacDermid is a plug.
On the "In" group, we have a legit young 2C who is only 25 years old, a solid middle pairing RHD, plus two big nasty bruisers for the 4th line. Between Trenin, Duhaime, Wood, and Colton, that's a hell of a lot of sandpaper in the bottom six. Plus we finally have somebody who can run a 2nd line for secondary scoring.
We're loaded for bear this season, and have a long term solution at 2C, AND haven't given up a single top prospect in the process. All we lost in futures was next year's 1st, some mid round draft picks we were going to waste on busts anyway, and a couple long shot prospects in Hanzel and Meyers. LFG, bring on the playoffs.
Casey Mittelstadt
Sean Walker
Yakov Trenin
Brandon Duhaime
Out:
Ryan Johansen
Bowen Byram
Ben Meyers
Kurtis MacDermid
I don't know about you, but just looking at the NHL roster players in/out, that's a huge win for the "In" column. RyJo was dead weight; an offensive black hole and a defensive liability. Byram was good but underused and buried on the bottom pair. Meyers was clearly not a fit for what they wanted the bottom six to look like this year. MacDermid is a plug.
On the "In" group, we have a legit young 2C who is only 25 years old, a solid middle pairing RHD, plus two big nasty bruisers for the 4th line. Between Trenin, Duhaime, Wood, and Colton, that's a hell of a lot of sandpaper in the bottom six. Plus we finally have somebody who can run a 2nd line for secondary scoring.
We're loaded for bear this season, and have a long term solution at 2C, AND haven't given up a single top prospect in the process. All we lost in futures was next year's 1st, some mid round draft picks we were going to waste on busts anyway, and a couple long shot prospects in Hanzel and Meyers. LFG, bring on the playoffs.