Xspyrit
DJ Dorion
It's actually crazy how important Logan Brown is to this franchise. If only he could stay healthy for a full year.
Like imagine a top 9 of:
Balcers-Duchene-Batherson (scoring line)
Tkachuk-Brown-Stone (all purpose)
Tierney-Pageau-White (that checking line tho)
And that's not including Norris, Chlapik and Formenton, or pieces from the dzingel/ceci/anderson deals.
Or we trade Duchene and try to run Brown-White down the middle. But I'm praying Logan Brown can stay healthy and pan out.
With Duchene, Stone and Dzingel, that would be my forward group next season :
Dzingel-Duchene-Batherson
Tkachuk-White-Stone
Balcers-Brown-Chlapik
Formenton-Pageau-Tierney
Traded in the near future as youngsters graduate : Boedker, Ryan, Smith
Still developing : Norris, Crookshank, etc
Now the question is who will stay and who will go? Assuming the 3 UFAs leave/are traded :
Tkachuk-White-Batherson
Balcers-Brown-Chlapik
Formenton-Tierney-Ryan
Smith-Pageau-Boedker
Really not ideal, because the only vets are Ryan and bottom-6 players. It will be much easier to "see" in a few weeks lol