It still would upgrade the skill level of our pool by 1000%. I would really not mind this. As far as DeAngelo's attitude problems....you have to think it can be fix. If the Habs still believes in Reway despite all those talks of him not being that great of a teamate and all.....you have to believe that some kids are just kids and will improve. Of course, if they have some kind of interviews and find out that DeAngelo don't care and he is who he is...then you move on. But seems that he had really great interviews lately.
Reway might have had attitude problems but he was never suspended for racial slurs toward your own teammates. That's a line that you simply cannot cross. Especially not twice in the same year (IIRC). Not to mention the media attention it would get with Subban being on our team.
I don't think its a scenario we have to worry about since I don't see us having any interest in DeAngelo as a person or a player.
We can upgrade the skill in our pool all we want but we have to find NHL players. There's some serious questions about both of those players. I'd rather take a guy like Schmaltz who, while he has questions himself, has shown a great talent level and a game that -can- translate to the next level. Where Goldobin is already perimeter at the junior level, will he be even more perimeter at the next two levels? Will he quit and go back to the KHL.
We might be able to find talent in Scherbak, Milano, or Schmaltz if they are available. If not we can grab a player with a high likelihood of making the show, just a matter of upside.. Kempe, Barbashev or Bleackley.
If we are going to go boom or bust on a player with high talent levels.. Vrana or Pastrnak have shown me more in a mens league than Goldobin and Ho-Sang in the junior ranks.
