GeNeXt
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- Jul 5, 2012
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I think it's great we got Vatanen. Our forward prospects look decently promising, the Johansson acquisition, and Bratt coming out of nowhere helps a lot with dealing Henrique. If the pre-draft rumors were true about Castron and Co. being enamored by Makar, I think this is a great deal. Had we not won the lottery, drafting Makar would've carried a lot of risk with the possibility of him walking as a college UFA or just not panning out. Vatanen probably is what Makar mostly projects to be as an undersized, smooth-skating, offensive defenceman. Instead of waiting a few years Makar to develop, we're able to get a guy who will have an impact now without as much risk, and carries almost the same amount of reward unless Makar becomes someone like Karlsson, which is unlikely.