Again, this comes down to personal values. You need speed to win in the NHL. You could argue that Boston and Chicago were the two fastest teams in the NHL top to bottom. It's something we need more of, and its something Ennis has and ROR doesn't. I'm going to drop it at this point because it's an argument based on opinions and neither of us us going to change the others mind.
You could also argue that having a ton of solid, defensively responsible forwards is important, and we have literally 3 of those on our roster ATM (Ott, Porter, Kaleta, with Flynn as a possible fourth). A TON of our defensive problems last year stemmed from not having forwards come back to give defensemen good outlets to clear the zone.
And Boston was hardly that fast of a team...unless guys like lucic, horton, jagr, krejci, and chara suddenly all became speed demons and i didn't notice. But they're littered with 2 way players up and down their roster. Their bottom 6 can chip in offense and keep the puck out of their net. Ours can't. And yes, Ennis is fast, and can score, but he's a black hole in his own end. Also, can't kill penalties. ROR would be a significant addition there.
