It’s been a few years now, but I wasn’t very familiar with the player until the Minny series in the bubble.
I loved his game in that series, and was hoping when he was made available in the expansion draft the Canucks could find a way to acquire him.
Our PK should be improved, and we should be harder to play against in our own end of the ice.
yes that's the year i really started to take notice of this player and wonder if/there was a way we could grab him as that Minnesota defence was so deep i felt like he could be good in a bigger role.
Same thing happened in Seattle so this is a great opportunity for him.
I gotta say i have some trepidation about our top4. While i feel like Hughes and Hronek should be able to move pucks and add offense to either pairing i do wonder about the ability to withstand waves of attacks in our zone and whether Soucy and Cole can be mobile and active enough to truly complement them in those types of minutes. Especially Cole at 34
Should be interesting to see how it unfolds. It can take time for D partners to really gel and work together using time and space and closing it down.
Soucy is a good bet to have his peak years here and stylistically him and Hronek should be good. Hope they come in early and that Foote and Gonchar keep them attached at the hip so they can hit the ground running