The problem we have now is we haven't drafted any of the forwards we need. Kap might be ready for some big minutes in another year or two but other then that what do we have? Bennett?
The plethora of D we have was supposed to address this and that plan has been scrapped and we trade youth for old rentals. Despres could have brought back a young forward prospect and a depth defenseman. The obsession with Lovejoy hurt the team.
If we want the forward depth we desire there will have to be trades of vets for picks/youth and hope that some of them develop. They also need to look at some of these guys from the KHL. I would rather spend 2million on an unknown risk vs Scuderi sucking it up on the back end again.
Run Letang/Maatta as the top pair and use Cole, Pouliot, Dumo, Harrington, Lovejoy to round it out any way they see fit. Use the money on forwards that can play D. The entire team would have to play the whole ice but that's not hard to get them to buy into if they are winning. The fans might have to deal with a year or two or crap but I'd much rather that then this constant parade of rentals because this is the year they win it all~
This isn't an overnight fix IMO.
