But at what cost?
Couture and Braun?
Couture and Braun?
Noooo way. Who'd our top two centers be then? I don't trust Thornton and Tierney, even though I'm a big Tierney fan.
Probably more likely to see pavs with Jumbo or hertl, tierney at 3rd line c, and Gambrell at 4th line (or DW finds a veteran plug to fill that slot)Centers could be thornton/hertl/pavelski/tierney
Probably more likely to see pavs with Jumbo or hertl, tierney at 3rd line c, and Gambrell at 4th line (or DW finds a veteran plug to fill that slot)
My prediction: Braun + Norris/Merkley + Meier + 1st
Swap couture for meier and keep merkely out of it and i would do it.
So they are running Hertl-Thornton-Tierney down the middle? That's rough
I agree with this. I think taking on Ryan is a good idea. Tierney, Braun, Melker would go the other way but it would be worth it.Call me crazy but if this goes down and isn't just a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing I would like the Sharks to take Bobby Ryan. We would be giving up a much less painful price to get Karlsson that way and Ryan could be useful if healthy, which admitted is a big if.
When you have that good of a defense with as good of possession forwards as the sharks have it would not be a problem.
Hertl, meier and thornton are 3 of the best possession forwards in the nhl.
And yes they can be trouble defensively but burns and karlsson are the 2 best offensive defensemen in the league that don't seem to ever have trouble stopping shots from getting to there own net.