LightningStrikes
Champa Bay Lightning
- Nov 24, 2009
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Whether we make the playoffs or not this season, let's take a look at what we have when everybody is healthy:
Centers:
Stamkos
Johnson
Point
Gourde
Namestnikov
McKegg
Dumont
Paquette
(Drouin)
Left wings:
Drouin
Palat
Killorn
Erne
(Stamkos)
Right wings:
Kucherov
Callahan
Brown
Vermin (leaving for EU)
(Drouin)
(Killorn)
(Palat)
(In parentheses guys able to play the position)
We're obviously lacking natural right wings right now. Drouin, Killer, even Palat can play it but they all feel better at LW. Not sure Callahan is up for top-6 RW duty on the regular.
We'll probably lose a center to the expansion draft (Namestnikov?) or to a trade (Johnson?) and will still be deep at the position.
So the much needed upgrade on defense aside, should we target a free agent RW? Oshie (probably too expensive) aside the group of free agents in 2017 doesn't offer much though.
Centers:
Stamkos
Johnson
Point
Gourde
Namestnikov
McKegg
Dumont
Paquette
(Drouin)
Left wings:
Drouin
Palat
Killorn
Erne
(Stamkos)
Right wings:
Kucherov
Callahan
Brown
Vermin (leaving for EU)
(Drouin)
(Killorn)
(Palat)
(In parentheses guys able to play the position)
We're obviously lacking natural right wings right now. Drouin, Killer, even Palat can play it but they all feel better at LW. Not sure Callahan is up for top-6 RW duty on the regular.
We'll probably lose a center to the expansion draft (Namestnikov?) or to a trade (Johnson?) and will still be deep at the position.
So the much needed upgrade on defense aside, should we target a free agent RW? Oshie (probably too expensive) aside the group of free agents in 2017 doesn't offer much though.