I am a little concerned with the lack of depth on our back end come playoff time. Sure, if one guy goes down we have Ranger to fill in. What happens if we have two guys go down? I know that this is a problem that most teams have in the cap era but our pickings are very slim.
For example; At center we have Holland, Smith and Smithson. At wing we have guys like Ashton, Bodie and D'Amigo. These guys not only have some NHL experience, they have played with the big club this year.
On defense, the only viable options that we have are Holzer, Brennan and to a lesser extent Percy. The first two have some NHL experience but haven't played at all with the buds this year.
I guess that the point of all of this would be that I'd like to see a couple of these guys get up for a few games before the end of the season to get some playing time with the guys.
For example; At center we have Holland, Smith and Smithson. At wing we have guys like Ashton, Bodie and D'Amigo. These guys not only have some NHL experience, they have played with the big club this year.
On defense, the only viable options that we have are Holzer, Brennan and to a lesser extent Percy. The first two have some NHL experience but haven't played at all with the buds this year.
I guess that the point of all of this would be that I'd like to see a couple of these guys get up for a few games before the end of the season to get some playing time with the guys.