These Are The Days
Oh no! We suck again!!
Through 11 games, I think we already do. Even with Cally and Kunitz not producing a whole lot, they're generating more chances than your average 4th line.
As for moving people, there's really no reason to move anyone right now. Maybe Sustr and Paquette, but even in those cases, only if we have someone ready to dip their toe into NHL action.
We could visit moving Vladdy in the off-season, depending on how the rest of this year plays out. I think he's going to have some inflated stats and it's a contract year. If he makes himself invaluable, then obviously we hold onto him. I'm just not convinced he's not benefiting hugely, right now, from playing with the two hottest players on planet earth.
That's a fair enough point about Kunitz and Callahan but at this point it looks like 20 goals is a practical expectation for Namestnikov at the rate he's going. If he achieves that then I say just hang onto him but to make it a short term extension. I don't know if I'm comfortable with the idea of being married to him long term like we are Killorn. And I don't know if we will have to make any salary shedding moves but it'll be worth keeping our options open even on a guy like Callahan.
One year does not make a career and if we do bring Vladdy back I hope it's not for much more than something like 3 or 4 years x $4 million AAV