Melvin
21/12/05
I will say that Pettersson/Horvat/Gaudette down the middle is a good start, and it would be nice to get something for Sutter and/or Beagle.
But geez, this season has been a dagger to the heart of the winger situation and nobody seems to realize it. Boeser is good but doesn’t look quite like the star he looked like last year. And then there is just three empty spots for the top six. Goldobin has proven to not be the answer. Nor Virtanen. Baertschis career is in jeopardy, and as far as prospects go there is basically nothing. I honestly thought Dahlen would be playing in the top six by this point of the season but he’s shown to be nowhere near ready. And so .... maybe Leeivo? But he’s already 26 years old.
On defence, the situation there is known. Elder is either gone or 33 years old. Tanev is 30. Hutton and Stecher look good and Hughes is promising but it’s really not enough. Markstrom is also 30 and Demko has been injury prone.
I don’t see it. I don’t see how this team becomes a contender over the next few years with benning steering the ship. Drafting Kakko could help a lot with the winger situation but otherwise? This looks like a team that just wastes Peteys cheap years while benning continues to rearrange deck chairs as Edler/Tanev/Markstrom age out.
Tell me I’m wrong. What am I missing?
But geez, this season has been a dagger to the heart of the winger situation and nobody seems to realize it. Boeser is good but doesn’t look quite like the star he looked like last year. And then there is just three empty spots for the top six. Goldobin has proven to not be the answer. Nor Virtanen. Baertschis career is in jeopardy, and as far as prospects go there is basically nothing. I honestly thought Dahlen would be playing in the top six by this point of the season but he’s shown to be nowhere near ready. And so .... maybe Leeivo? But he’s already 26 years old.
On defence, the situation there is known. Elder is either gone or 33 years old. Tanev is 30. Hutton and Stecher look good and Hughes is promising but it’s really not enough. Markstrom is also 30 and Demko has been injury prone.
I don’t see it. I don’t see how this team becomes a contender over the next few years with benning steering the ship. Drafting Kakko could help a lot with the winger situation but otherwise? This looks like a team that just wastes Peteys cheap years while benning continues to rearrange deck chairs as Edler/Tanev/Markstrom age out.
Tell me I’m wrong. What am I missing?