Then we ain't gonna win the cup lol(unless we get Dahlin, then such a ridiculous defense maybe can compensate for weaker offense) Hoffman and Duchene are great but neither are top 10 at their position.
Don't compare Spezza and Heatley(each top 5 at their positions even post Cash line days for few years) to Hoffman and Duchene.
I never made that comparison, you did. I compared Stone to Alfie more than anything, but that would be off as well for obvious reasons.
Stone and Karlsson are top 5-6 at their positions, so there you go. It’s about how good our young guys can become (Brown, White, Chlapik, Batherson, Formenton) on cheap contracts while filling the rest of the roster as best we can.
Did you see what it cost to get Duchene? or Johansen? We ain’t trading for another top line C. We got one, we’re stuck with him and we can just hope one of the top prospects can develop into a top center (hopefully Brown).
The roster looks more like:
Hoffman-Duchene-X
X-X-Stone
X-Karlsson
Chabot-Ceci
Fill out the X’s with the appropriate players and this team can contend. Goaltending is a major issue as well going forward.