I would love to see a top 4D like this next year... Brodin with Petry would create a very good shutdown D in front of Price... finally. Then Add youngsters in Romanov and Juulsen on the 3rd pair. Brodin and Petry... get it done Bergevin
Chiarot / Weber
Brodin / Petry
Romanov / Juulsen
Mete, Kulak
If we get Brodin for Poehling (MINN native and a C that team desperately needs) and a 3rd round pick or something that doesn't touch our other core forwards (I'd be okay with our latest 2nd round pick in 2020), I'm eagerly awaiting his arrival.
Why does it need to be for something like that?
Because I'd then trade Domi to another team that is looking for a 2nd line C and acquire what will really be needed shortly in Montreal -- a top-4 RD that is much younger than Weber OR Petry.
I'd then move Petry for real assets back, like another 1st rounder and a LW prospect.
I'd love to see a D of:
Brodin - Weber (as a real shutdown pair with less brain farts than if we had Petry there)
Chiarot - Ristolainen
Romanov - Juulsen
- Becoming, as soon as Romanov can handle the greater responsibilities -
Romanov - Ristolainen
Brodin - Weber
Chiarot - Juulsen
The C-line would start as Danault, Suzuki, Kotkaniemi, Evans and eventually, hopefully, grow into Suzuki, Kotkaniemi, Danault, Evans. Four eventually solid two-way Cs with diminishing offensive returns. A C-line but for the playoffs.