Juggernaut27
#CatsHasCupNow?
I would gladly take the 91pt Jokinen 8 years ago(and his hair cut). But I'm inclined to see how Barkov and Bjugstad do in that spot. I'd prefer a scoring winger.
I'd also prefer a scoring winger but I don't see any reason we couldn't get both this year(assuming he's willing to come for a year or two).
It's borderline insane to expect 4 ELC pivots to endure 82 games and (god willing) playoffs. Hubby and Pirri and Howden and Roco are wingers in my books. Our depth chart gets very sparse after our 4 young guys. I'd love to see the young guys grab and hold those 4 spots all year but the chances of that happening...
If every FA d-man is just dying to come to Florida and we rack up some cap hits I could maybe see it not fitting. Or, I guess if we draft a guy like Draisitil and he kills it in camp. But that doesn't seem likely.
I guess the question is what is an alternative? I don't think there's any way that DT goes into training camp with a Jesse Winchester type as his backup plan for 2C/3C. OJ is the first guy on the FA C list that I could see being a fit. Bolland next. Steve Ott? Kidding. Kidding.