Hey everyone, more of a reader than a poster here...
I keep watching videos of this dude and he looks absolutely insane. Is the consensus that Wahlstrom and Bellows need more time in the oven? The biggest knock that I seem to find on Wahlstrom is that he doesn't back-check hard enough - but as other posters seem to think Trotz can turn around Jane's lazy play, might it be possible for him to do that with Wahlstrom?
Just thinking out loud (and in this scenario, Tavares re-signs), but if they both started the year with the NHL team, we could find a way to deal Lee and Nelson to help fix the D.
Beauvillier - Tavares - Wahlstrom
Bellows - Barzal - Eberle
Ladd - Bailey - Ho-Sang
Johnston - Czikas - Clutterbuck
I know we just gave Bailey a 5m contract and that's a bit much to play on the third line (not even beginning to mention him moving back to C), but if they continue playing 4 forwards on the PP, he likely stays on the PP1 in some capacity and still puts up 50-55 points.