Kovy still looks like a beast to me. If we give him two years we'd have two dangerous scoring lines and two great checking lines. Let's do it.
Benn - Seguin - Radulov
Kovy - Spezza - Gurianov
Janmark - Faksa - Nuke
Dickinson - Hanzal/Shore - Pitlick
Elie - Smith
Two young Russians and two older star Russians. How you properly develop young players by putting them on a team with players they can learn from and develop their game around.
I'm not sure how I feel about Kovy, but if it's a short term deal then maybe. As for lines assuming all we did was pick up Kovy, I'd roll
Benn - Seguin - Nuke
Kovy - Spezza - Radulov
Janmark - Faksa - Pitlick/Gury
Ellie - Smith - Shore
Don't like the 4th line, and I also don't think Hanzal will be able to play again, but who knows
I'd like to see Hintz have a shot, as I think he'll have the better career out of Gury and Dickinson.
Honestly I'd rather see us try and sign Tavares and get rid of Spezza somehow and then fill the other spots with younger guys. I'm more worried about our 2C then wingers
Benn - Seguin - Nuke
Hintz - JT - Radulov
Janmark - Faksa - Pitlick/Gury
Meat 1 - meat 2 - meat 3
This is more like Pittsburgh with two top centers ( yes I know one is Crosby and the other is Malkin) and two top wingers ( Kessel and some what Hornqvist). We have a solid #3C and another good winger in Janmark. Would just have to hope someone like Hintz, Nuke, Gury, Dickinson etc can become close to Guentzel and we'd be set