BonMorrison
Registered User
Starting to think it's time for the Preds to examine re-tooling the team. Their window is pretty closed right now and I think it's worth seeing the value of some of our higher value players not named Forsberg. Obviously no one's gonna take Turris and we just signed Duchene so Johansen could be looked at.
Johansen is a low end 1C - not as lazy as people like to make him out to be but definitely leaves you wanting more a lot of the time. The team is noticeably worse with him out of the line-up. He definitely elevates in the playoffs also. He comes in at 8 million for another 6 years which is a tad high but not to the point of being an anchor or unmanageable for a team that can fit it.
Preds needs: prospects at all positions, picks, defensive depth, wingers.
Here's the current make-up of the team going into next year for reference (if Smith gets re-signed over Granlund which I would like):
Forsberg - Duchene - Arvidsson
??? - Turris - ???
Jarnkrok - Bonino - Smith
Grimaldi - Sissons - Watson
x: Trenin, Tolvanen, Pitlick, Tomasino (forwards who could make the team)
Josi - Ellis
Ekholm - Fabbro
??? - ???
x: (defenseman who could make the team. i'm aware there's no one here, that's the joke haha... ha...)
Rinne
Saros
Off the top of my head I was thinking maybe Detroit? Something around Athanasiou + good prospect? idk how Wings fans feel about that though.
Johansen is a low end 1C - not as lazy as people like to make him out to be but definitely leaves you wanting more a lot of the time. The team is noticeably worse with him out of the line-up. He definitely elevates in the playoffs also. He comes in at 8 million for another 6 years which is a tad high but not to the point of being an anchor or unmanageable for a team that can fit it.
Preds needs: prospects at all positions, picks, defensive depth, wingers.
Here's the current make-up of the team going into next year for reference (if Smith gets re-signed over Granlund which I would like):
Forsberg - Duchene - Arvidsson
??? - Turris - ???
Jarnkrok - Bonino - Smith
Grimaldi - Sissons - Watson
x: Trenin, Tolvanen, Pitlick, Tomasino (forwards who could make the team)
Josi - Ellis
Ekholm - Fabbro
??? - ???
x: (defenseman who could make the team. i'm aware there's no one here, that's the joke haha... ha...)
Rinne
Saros
Off the top of my head I was thinking maybe Detroit? Something around Athanasiou + good prospect? idk how Wings fans feel about that though.