Loheit has been very, very bad
Ya, too bad. Seems like he can just about be written off... maybe he can take a huge leap forward at some point but not counting on it, his production is really substandard
Novak and Burgess don't seem to be progressing too well either
That's kind of a double edged sword for UDFAs to sign here. On one hand the NHL roster is terrible and easier to crack, the the other there's a bunch of high profile prospects in your way challenging for spots as well that you won't necessarily be ahead of.
I guess we have the luxury of singing guys and giving them game down the stretch which might help us secure our own guy in D'Accord.
I think for the reasons you stated we would have a shot, + they are both Ottawa boys, but I think we need to really plan ahead as to who we want to commit to. We have so many forwards especially who will need spots, and we need to make decisions on Paul, Klimchuk, Duclair, Rodewald, Tambellini, Archibald, and others this offseason. Not that those guys are a group of future NHLers but they are all good AHLers at least and we know we want to have a competitive team down there