I do agree about Buff definitely, with the play that he has had for a while now already. He has been simply magnificent now that he has clearly concentrated more in playing steady defence and has been roaming less. I don’t even mind his occasional roaming when he does it in the more controlled and well timed way as he has been now doing.Those were just 2 examples there are plenty others.
Let's just pretend the Jets ditch their vets.... Little. Wheels, Myers Kuli, Buff and MP over the next 3 years.
O'connor-chef-Laine
Ehlers-roslo-appleton
Vesalainen-lowry-armia
Lemieux-copp-spacek
JoMo-Trouba
Niku-poolman
Stanely?-?
That's counting on a lot of young players hitting their ceilings.....
Personally I feel a lot better with buff and little in that line up
He is still a bit expensive with his salary, although in fact if he can continue with this kind of steady play for some years, he has after all earned every dollar that he gets.
But Little is just really too bad offensively, especially as he really brings down everyones production whom plays with him. I don’t see other use with him with his play from this season than a 3rd line or 4th line center, which just simply is a way too small role for a center with his salary. I also don’t seriously believe that his play will be going anymore to any better direction. I think Roslovic, Petan or Appleton should really be taking over the 2nd and 3rd line center’s roles, if Little will continue to play like this with the salary that he has, and Little should really be freed to play somewhere else in that case.