Which usually leads to nowhere.
What did we do last summer ?
I’ll move Willie for a great Right D. I think. I’d prefer to see if he can carry his own line as a Centre first but ... you can’t stand still in Hockey.
The Leafs have bargaining power over Gardiner. To me, he’s too unpredictable. Great skater but I’d need to sign him cheaper than he wants IMO.
The Canadiens will tear down that's a guarantee. Therefore they'll have a ton of money free to throw at a guy like JT. Question is does he want to be part of a rebuild.
Last summer we didn't have to do much. Young team, finding out place. We have a better idea of where we stand now. Great goalie...our big 3 we knew already but what we didn't know is Marner plays better in the playoffs and is clutch..while willie vanished..Matthew's doesnt count for me he was injured. So of the 3 if we trade any its Nylander.
The big summer question..do we trade willie for Doughty, Karlsson, Barrie (if we trade Jake), Hanifin. Do we throw money at JT, Carlson? Who do we keep if any..jvr, bozak, Leo, plekanec,Moore, Polak?
Do we sign and trade jvr?
Who on the Marlies do we include in a big trade? Johnsson, Kapenen, Bracco, Engvall, Holl, Borg, Rosen, Sparks or Picks..speaking of which do we trade Curtis Mc?
In order to get (trade wise) you have to give up talent. We are easily the deepest wing team of any in the NHL and probably top 5 in goalie depth. Bottom 5 in RHD and center depth.
We cant fix it all at once...and must be careful on who we trade if Dubas makes a big splash.
Remember Babcock last yr said we cant have jvr bozak Leo and kadri umm ugh all back it doesnt work that way..interesting that he mentioned Kadri who still has term
