This will be my last post in this thread.
We gave up a lot in this deal. I think adding Ott in the deal was pointless when we already have Lappy, Reaves, Sobtka, Morrow, Backes, Oshie to some extent that have "grit". Ott takes faceoffs but is more of a wing than center. Do you put Ott ahead of Steen, Oshie, Schwartz, Tarasenko, Roy/Berlund whoever happens to play wing out of the 2. Even Morrow should be in the top 9 over him. Jaskin as well.
Miller while I fully agree he is an upgrade doesn't fix our team not scoring enough against the Kings last season.
With as much as we paid I think Vanek would have been a bigger impact to our team. The difference between Vanek and almost any of our Wingers is at least the same as it is between Halak and Miller. Vanek has game breaker ability.
We still have a huge hole at center on our team. If we don't sign Statsny we have nothing to trade to get that center either.
We basically put all our eggs in one basket. We are hoping our players that don't score well against high end goalies starts to do it in the playoffs this season.
Steen is the only player I have confidence in scoring in the playoffs. I also worry the most about Steen staying healthy.
While I agree Miller upgrades our goaltending I don't think our team will be good enough to make the Stanley cup finals.
Elliott last season played well enough to win our forwards did not. I see a repeat of that this season as well.