One of black and vanny will almost surely be moved, even if we are in the PO spot. Askarov is ready and no reason to block him if they can get any return.
There's an argument for it because he's a cromulent enough RD and those are usually hard enough to acquire, but I want to see more before I make that call; there are enough moments with Ceci where I'm left sort of unimpressed by his defending or decision-making.
The way I figure, he's good enough to be a bottom pairing defenseman at worst, so he's fine to have going forward. Our problem is really not that he's on the roster at all, it's that we don't have good enough guys at the top. If we get some better RHD, I'm not too fussed about which of Ceci, Liljegren, or Thompson ends up claiming the other two spots. Each guy has their good points and bad and none are perfect. And worst case scenario, we can always move him later if we have three guys better than him on the right side so long as we don't overpay him.
Gogo Montreal + Laine! There is hope they use his return as a spark and continue to rack up some wins here
Yeah, but at the time I thought he was a fake goalie that my wacky subconscious cooked up. So technically, I dreamed him into existence.
Our only hope is that a lot of the teams around us need forwards desperately. Chicago needs someone to play with Bedard and Nashville has never had a real #1C in the entire history of the franchise.
I think Detroit and Buffalo would both go forward too (Hagens/Misa and Martone respectively), but Ottawa should go Schaefer (but may not because Ottawa).
