I also don't think we need Hanifin. He's going to be expensive to re-sign, and with Casey coming, why exactly do we need a 33 point offensive defender for big dollars?
This goalie shit is going to ruin this team. Markstrom is not a need for any price. I don't want a guy who best case retires in 2 years after this one. No thank you, not doing it. Not to mention any new contract is a 35+ contract.
Saros is another matter, but you can't give up 19-22 year olds for him (at least not several). If Trotz wants Casey, Holtz, Mercer and/or 1st round picks he has to sell us Askarov, not Saros.
We've let up more than 2 goals most recently when? The Calgary game where we should have won and blew it, and then we changed the system?
Right now we're playing great defensively and can't score because our forwards keep passing in tight as if we're on a fast break and we aren't. They think somehow they're going to get passes through defenders in the slot or crease. They need to shoot in close and go for rebounds, not try to make these tap in passes. The last several games this was legion including the 0-1 loss to CAR.
Oh come on.
You're never going to use Toffolli on the PK, you're never going to use him 4 on 4 or in overtime... you're never going to use him the bottom 6... Sharangovich is 100 times more versatile a player than Toffolli is.
This is completely true. I think the goal was to move someone who was viewed as a mid-6 ceiling and get a pure scorer. I think the deal was okay, but Toffoli probably walks after this year which kind of stinks from an asset management standpoint. Looking back I'd have rather kept Sharangovich and maybe include him in a goalie deal now if not keep him entirely. I felt his struggle last year was inconsistent use PLUS having the kid.
That said we had to make moves because the team wasn't going to win as constituted last year. Fitz made the right intentional moves if not the right move
