Barrie-Nurse got on a roll last year and looked like a true top pairing. I would be okay with that. Keith-Lars made so much sense though, still think Lars presents a huge loss here. The idea was that we could revive Keith's performance by giving a bonafide and solid NHLer in Larsson, now we are going to pair him with a rookie like Chicago was unsuccessfully trotting out for the last few years? Concerning.
agreed, but our RD is small and soft now.
The thing is that's going to be like 8-10 mil in cap. Could grab a winger in FA and keep Bear for a better price and likely better result.
Plus minus is a terrible stat to use for analysis. I don’t even know why it’s still counted. So much a player cannot affect effects the stat.
Depends on Barries deal I suppose, Bear for DeBrusk is a 1.6 addition, if Barrie is 5 it’s only 6.6M.
Wasn't great but it was fine for the most part. The biggest improvement they took last year was offence from the D, i guess Larsson never really contributed in that sense so hopefully that continues if we sign Barrie and insert Bouchard.
Bear is better than Savard, at what? Did you see Bear play down the stretch or in the playoffs. Bear has potential to be better which is what we are banking on. Savard is better at being a capable middle pairing D man right now.
Dunno if both Barrie and Lars were the plan, they most likely weren't. But Lars was part of the plan. We can't read Tipps mind, but with all the chatter around why Keith would work here as opposed to the Hawks, it was 2nd pairing minutes plus more experience/better partners than were available on the Hawks.
