You aren’t fixing Trouba. He’s been terrible for years. Mika may have his ebbs and flows but the reality is his best days are almost assuredly behind him and they benefit from moving him.
I like Lindgren but he may be broken already. He is having an outlier bad year on D but it’s real bad.
I hate to break it to you guys, but Mika isn't leaving.
Show me the last time a guy got moved with what, 7 years left at that hit?
The best bet is that he works through whatever his problem is and returns to form.
When he's on he's a 1C all day. He's had a down year and he isn't that bad statistically, and this team is in 1st place every other day depending on who won or lost last night.
All the vegan/soy attacks are childish and unecessary. This is a player who has been outright fantastic at times. There will be more of those times.
We got spoiled by Lundqvist, who broke into the league as a top 5 goalie and stayed there for basically his whole career until it was time to retire. Rarely does a player stay that consistent.
People here make it out like he's a career disappointment. He's not Ryan Johansen. He's going to find his game.
Keep in mind we’ve played essentially all season without our penciled 2C and an actual RW1
So Mika and Kreider having a tough time at 5 on 5 with the likes of the corpse of Blake wheeler, and an out of shape kaapo Kakko should be taken into consideration.
This team hasn’t been complete all year and all they’ve done is get to the deadline as the best team in the league.
Watch other teams and that’s how you know how good they are not by watching just them and their flaws.
I am confident drury will plug those holes with real players.
What I’m concerned about is he doesn’t see the bigger issue and that’s a top LD as we’ve said
I think this team is in trouble with KAM on the second pair. The kid is softer than elevator music and is not built for playoff hockey mentally at all. If you get caught on your end with him on the ice bad things will definitely happen. He need sheltered minutes and top 4 dmen don't need that.