Need some D to even be worth trying past 8s retirement. Right now Carlson and Fever are the only real top 4 guys on the roster and Carlson has one foot in the retirement home door. Goaltending is also an unknown. Charlie probably isn't the long term solution already on the backside of his playing age. Cool story though and love rooting for the guy.
The good part about is that all of those guys have played wing at one point or another so there should be lots of interchange for Carbs to find options that work. Barring us trading one of course.
McMike is so much better at center though. Don’t love his game on the wing.
I like the depth, I think Lappy and Protas play wing and fill in at center when people are out.
I agree with this. These guys were highly touted, and Strome has been a home run.
They can't retain salary on Dowd at the draft, though, as all three retention slots are used. They would have to wait until after July 1 to retain salary on Dowd, and salary retention is what really boosts his value as it can bring his cap hit under minimum.
Dowds peak value could be at the deadline. Like this past season, If we retain on his contract the cap hit would be less then the league min and a very valuable asset to teams up against the cap.
Basically anything other than somehow grabbing an All-Star top line forward is a failure and part of some conspiracy to suck.
I like how the master plan is largely based on a communication strategy to sell something to fans that clearly must be easy to accomplish with no intention of following through.
Yeah I'd probably hold onto him until the deadline. If he has a good season a 2nd is very possible. A 1st unlikely but it depends on how desperate teams are and the market this year.
