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Well, in order to do that you have to get players that can do that. And in order to do that, you should know about which players can indeed do that.

Exactly. We're going to find out one way or another this offseason just how good Botterill is

Was just thinking the same thing

Imagine the fun we would have had with this one week ago. Damn you Botterill

The overreaction to one season where Skinner has been hurt and centered by Johan Larsson, Evan Rodrigues, and Marcus Johansson, is ***** hilarious.

Who's even on that PK? Do we have a new PK coach?

I was just making a jab at the politics thing by telling him to do political things

Debate

If he stays

Even post tank. Montour, Miller, Pilut, Antipin, Ryan Johnson, Guhle...we've been trying to get a good defensive core together since Campbell was here. I think we finally have one, but I don't particularly think Risto is the key to that. Put him on the 2nd pair I don't really care and McCabe on the 3rd

Signals the end of our time in hell. Course it really doesn't mean a whole lot as long as Belicheat is there, but losing 1/2 of the tandem is a great start

It was our defense for years when we got Risto. We were drafting/trading for d-men left and right. It 100% was our problem

I remember a time when everyone thought Bogosian was good for the same reasons. Then we, literally, couldn't give him away

It was one of the things that drove me mad when he was up, he has a legit shot he needs to use it.

Goals like that make me wanna keep him

Agreed. Johnson is barely playing 14:31/game now, which is about what we give Larsson and Vesey. He's a vet with a ton of experience playing on good teams. I would love to snag him for a few years

If you want a bridge to Cozens/Mitts, Johnson for 2-3 years would be pretty great

He looks to be in a similar boat to Casey. What's the difference there?