I read it as if he knew something we didnt...as if those talks are ramping up ( devils making moves?) behind the scenes...
I think his whole theme was meant to be tongue in cheek...as if, If I Was Santa I'd wish the following for all these teams. Makes sense. For the Hounds it would be one less spot to fill from inside the organization with the OA checked off, plus another puck moving Dman.
I jokingly mentioned on the Missy forum that if the Trout keep losing....9 in a row and counting...do they think their organization would start looking ahead and possibly move some last year players out to retool.
Mike McLeod would be that right handed C who's at 67% in the faceoff circle so far this year. In last year's playoff run he was almost 60%. That would easily lead the Hounds in the faceoff department!
The other players that would interest the Hounds...and every other team as well of course, would be F Owen Tippett a right handed RW who's similar in size to Raddysh AND has a year left in junior possibly.
Lastly without realistically having Colton White fall back into our laps we could use another Dman. Nick Hague is basically Darnell Nurse with more offensive upside! Big body at 6'5" and 215lbs!
I know that would require a king's ransom and honestly don't think we'd have enough to make a massive move like that, with players and picks but since it's Christmas......one can dream can't they? Please....talk amongst yourselves! LOL