I am very intrigued on what happens with some of these guys fighting for jobs in the A. We don’t have any top end prospect by any means, but we do have some intriguing bottom 6 players. I think players like Maltsev, Ranta and Meyers are all players that could easily be on the Avs roster right now, however I think the Avs want to make sure they’re brought up in the right way. It really seems that Cronin is working hard with every player to help them focus on key areas. If he can continuously push out LOC type players from Ranta level prospects I’d be more than happy with that.
I wonder what happens If Galcheyuk and Ranta find chemistry and are brought up together. Their lack of defensive awareness is something that is very frightening and while putting someone like LOC, Cogliano or Lehkonen could help carry the defensive load I’m not sure Chucky and Ranta would be able to provide enough offense to allow for it to work. Here’s hoping I’m wrong and I’ve really liked the amount of opportunity players have been given this year.