I don't think anyone wants the team to lose depth. But we shouldn't be putting the cart before the horse. Don't over-allocate money to depth at the expense of the top six/top pairing. For most of the past 15 years, the top of the line-up was pretty much set, so it made sense to invest in depth. But now we're reaching the stage in the careers of Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, and Oshie that they can't really carry the entire top of the line-up on their own anymore (and we're missing half of them on any given game anyway). So it's time to once again invest resources in shoring up the top of the line-up. Don't give up on depth, but utilize cheaper/younger (and higher upside) players as that depth rather than expensive assets.
For better or worse I’ve gotten to the point I don’t pay attention to any stat that has a little x infront of it. I think there is a place for advanced stats but for common hockey board discussions they are usually miss used and miss understood.
Waive MoJo and Gus.
Waive MoJo and Gus. Would rather inject youth then play these middling vets.
Agreed. Gustafsson has begun to show a little something up the ice but he's not dynamic nor an upgrade over Orlov on PP2 really. I'm not sure he's better than Nardella where you'd at least get some developing upside. Nardella may have helped play a part in being comfortable waiving Johansen. It's a super busy day so if he's going to clear the time is now. The rest is whatever.
