I agree on work ethic for depth players, but he's not trying to win so it's easy to take grindy gritty and a higher floor over a gamble on skill. I'm still waiting to see what KD really values as the system and team was so slow that adding some fast skaters made alot of sense. He still acquired Katchook, Raddysh, Johnson, and plugged in a Robinson.
As far as players that need to see shots, I'm talking defensemen especially. They're just getting it in the zone and then racing back, rarely making decisions after a shot that causes some chaos. Domi is too inconsistent and has 10 games with 0 or 1 shot and we know AA isn't going to do much against structure. That's what I meant about keeping a player like Kubalik around, if he had one good/decent linemate he'll get shots.
In terms of a 3yr deal, I don't know, but they need guys that can get shots off.
Too many wasted shifts where the young players aren't on the ice or making the tough decisions when they are, I would hate to see some of the better ones on this thread because they never had a chance to learn much through hundreds of shifts this year and next.
Separate notes:
Gus is averaging a lot of ice time. Saw some of the Caps-Blues the other day, couldn't believe that they are letting him have that many minutes. Not many alternatives though.
TVR getting plenty of work still.
