The young, talented players aren't there on defense. We're down to Pokka. We have 3 nhl defenseman. Daley stinks defensively. Maybe we'll sign a rozy to be a 6-7, but this team will get lit up.
Noted. We'll be sure to discuss this in the future when the Hawks are getting lit up. Also good to know that the "Rundblad isn't an NHL defensemen" camp is still going strong.
I'm having trouble understanding how the Hawks will ton from leading the NHL in GAA to "getting lit up" by simply losing Oduya (assumed and he even had a terrible regular season ) and some prospects who likely weren't going to make the team, and that's with adding Daley and a full season from TVR.
We played 4.5 defenseman in the playoffs. It's not sustainable. Now we're down to three, plus an unproven tvr. It won't surprise me if Q won't even trust Daley enough to play him come playoffs. He's that bad.
And let's not forget we've lost two good defensive forwards. Are Dano or panarin defensively responsible? Anyone know?
We played 4.5 defenseman in the playoffs. It's not sustainable. Now we're down to three, plus an unproven tvr. It won't surprise me if Q won't even trust Daley enough to play him come playoffs. He's that bad.
And let's not forget we've lost two good defensive forwards. Are Dano or panarin defensively responsible? Anyone know?
Daley is going to be on a short leash.
We played 4.5 defenseman in the playoffs. It's not sustainable. Now we're down to three, plus an unproven tvr. It won't surprise me if Q won't even trust Daley enough to play him come playoffs. He's that bad.
And let's not forget we've lost two good defensive forwards. Are Dano or panarin defensively responsible? Anyone know?
Anisamov is a much better defensive player than Richards
True, but not better than Vermette. That's a break-even at best.
Similar to Vermette but Vermette wasn't here most of the season
True, but not better than Vermette. That's a break-even at best.
Gonna go ahead and say he'll be better offensively though.
If they re-sign Kruger and dump Versteeg:
Panarin - Toews - Hossa
Teravainen - Anisimov - Kane
Dano - Kruger - Shaw
Bickell - Desjardins - Tikhonov
Garbutt
Keith - Hammer
Daley - Seabrook
Roszival (800K) - TvR
Rundblad
Crawford
Darling
Think that team would be slightly over the cap.