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Reality is we haven’t seen this team with Norris on it. Nor with a defense that can actually hold the fort. The transactions on paper might not be splashy, but we aren’t far from hitting critical mass to overcome those issues

With Calgary, there isn’t a top6 forward coming back that makes the deal good for us. Mews might be a good value add along with the depth forwards, but I could only rationalize the trade if the offer sheet threat or Byram is unhappy and doesn’t want to bridge— and Mews at least gets us a couple years ahead of what a 1st round pick compensation would n

Funny; my interpretation of what happened is Ruff got Adam’s to castoff all the anointed ones and now we have an excess of players that could fit all of our holes. We have five third pairing defenseman who all show promise they can make the jump in minutes. We have a handful of forwards who all have compete, enough skill to play up or down if they need to, etc in their game. They’re all aged 25-28 as well. Look at the lineup and it’s really hard to project where things will go- and that’s by design. Competing for roster spots is Ruff’s name of the game and he got it. sure it wasn’t with big UFA splashes, but those don’t really work do they

Nashville spent like drunken sailors during FA last year then missed the playoffs. So uhh; exsctly why huge FA signings aren’t a guarantee

Interesting pickup. Has Jarmo all over it lafferty was forgettable, interested in giving him a shot Guys with his size and track record don’t get contracts unless they have a lot of heart. Undrafted, played handful of games for the Amerks.. Europe and khl before NHL at 28 Columbus wanted him back. They gave him an “A” for some time. https://images.app.goo.gl/u5QRLub1sM99hE2d7

Yeah well if we got an offer sheet then we’d only get draft picks which doesn’t help us today, so we had to trade him for a backup goaltender so we could improve the team TODAY

I always liked him fwiw

Why keep Bryson whyyyy

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I could see how everything is on hold until we know what Ehlers does. If he accepts, cap moves go one way. If he doesn’t, we go another. So unless it’s for Robertson or Peterson, Byram won’t move til the initial fallout from Jan1

It’ll take Byram to get Robertson I think We paid dearly to get rid of one year of Clifton, I have no idea how Samuelson is removed. I think he’s a penalty we pay until we’re ready to buyout. Or increase his value by sheltering his minutes. im not opposed to any of the philosophy here, just the realism of the moves. And that isn’t Adam’s fault (going forward), but you can blame him for being here in the first place. But I give him the benefit of the doubt of not having us with long term forward contracts with Cozens, Mittelstadt, Skinner, Peterka, etc. was a whole lot of money tied into the perimeter

Really like the idea of 18yo can only be drafted with 1st round picks. 19yo with 2nds. 20+ for 3+ Itd really add layers to drafting strategy. With your 2nd are you drafting that young 19yo who will grow into something big, or that 20yo who is a year away from the jump that blossomed in college? Not really sure on the negatives here? Would it be related to kids being incentivized to sign deals in Europe at a younger age that’d keep talent out of NA? It’d undermine the value of a scouting staff? Let’s be fair, it’s a lot of gambling. Give the 19yo late bloomers more of a chance

3rd pairing Byram. Lesgo

Removing most of the softies goes a long way towards that though. Adding one thug who plays 9mins a night doesn’t help things as much as removing thirty minutes of peel away

With the current roster Samuelsson has to reason to have to be played. You’ll be disappointed about the 1C situation, but Byram for a top6 forward or a UFA splash may change things