Thrilled. He’s done basically everything that could be asked of him. My only thing I would have liked to have seen is him being in another top 6 winger, but that wasn’t necessarily doable with the capspace we had.
My main concern was him addressing the lack of depth up front, and did he ever do that. After the way Chia pissed away our depth, it’s awesome to see a GM who said he was going to revamp the bottom 6, and then actually brought in 7 new guys (not counting Neal). 4 of which are proven NHLers. It’s possible all of those guys fail, and no prospects step up, but that sure beats counting on prospects to step in and fill roles, without any competition or backup plan.
X - X - X
Nygard - X - Neal
Granlund - Sheahan - X
Jurco - X - Archibald
Haas
That’s a ton of new faces.
Plus, he got one of the most underrated goalies out there, and signed him to a performance based contract. If he struggles at all, he doesn’t cost us much capspace. And to top it off, that goalie is the best puck mover in the league. With the way our fanbase hates on our defense for not breaking out of our zone well, we should be dancing in the streets about that acquisition.