To be fair, I think McDavid would make this team a contender
Benn - Spezza - Seguin
Nichushkin - McDavid - Hemsky/Ritchie/Dickinson
is nuts...
Our defense is coming too:
Nemeth, Klingberg, Honka, Oleksiak, Lindell...
Yah, there will be benifit in the fact that either Spezza or McDavid gets to play along with Seguin-Benn, but again, u look at this year's roster and people will say that's more than enough offense to contend for a playoffs spot.
Most of the defensemen u mentioned are still an "IF" project. I'm not saying they are bad but any of those players can end up being mediocre. Just look at Ottawa (except for Karlsson).
Are you kidding? We don't need to upgrade our management. Jim Nill has done everything in his power to ice the best team possible. It's really not his fault that Daley/Goligoski/Dillon/Jordie/Kari have regressed so badly.
And getting McDavid would turn us into a contender. Only a matter of time until he turns Buffalo/Carolina/Edmonton into one.
I wasn't talking about Nill, I was talking about the coaching management. I'm not going to go all out on Ruff, but the guys around him has to be responsible for this team's downfall.
And no, not only McDavid is not going to make this team into "contender". Sorry to be a party pooper for dreamers who think he is going to the Stars, but "one player" isn't going to turn around the entire franchise.
And don't pull the "what about Crosby". When that team became a cup contender, they had enough depth on forward and defensemen (goaltending could be questionable, but it's not bad).
This team needs help in every position...ESPECIALLY defense and goaltending.