There is no plan possible to contend next year. The team lack many pieces and even if you add Dubois they will be a bubble team at best. You won't be able to get McDavid or any superstar player that can lift the whole team to the playoff. The plan is to develop the young player and be more competitive.
Demote him?And how do you do that with Hoffman floating about in a spot that a kid should occupy?
Then he takes a spot from a kid that should be developing in Laval.Demote him?
Why people make it so hard for an easy/obvious decision?
So what? He is out in a year. Nobody is forcing the coach to play him too.Then he takes a spot from a kid that should be developing in Laval.
Ooooor gives a kid someone he needs to play out of a spot on the power play or something which we used to say was a good thing?Then he takes a spot from a kid that should be developing in Laval.