Just finished - great stuff
The potential Pastrnak, Kase, Lauko bonding could be something very intriguing
Ritchie has the skillset to be a significantly better player and it starts and ends with two behavioral traits discipline & determination. From all accounts he’s an exceptional athlete beyond hockey and blessed with that size and skill he likely could coast through life still being the best
sticking with ‘all accounts’ he’s said to be a very good guy, happy go lucky.
no reason he can’t put up Tom Wilson numbers without the dirty hits
I disagree with Krug getting a multi year at this point
age
Expansion protection
Salary cap constraints
Ahcan signing
I’m skeptical but ideally I’d love to see a 1 year deal at $6.5 M and revisit when (hopefully) things improve/stability/certainty
Anthony came across excellent
I’m still a top 6/bottom 6 guy with versatility on the bottom 6 to jump up and around more than a top 9
Coyle is a top 9 I get it ~ he’s also a beast and leader of the bottom 6
you can flex Debrusk between second and third line but whatever your bottom 6 needs horses and size skating like Coyle, Studnicka, Frederic, Wagner, Kuraly, and solid defense player somewhere like a Lindholm (underrated) or Nordstrom