Armia's been good since the 2nd half of last season
2025 is the summer when a lot happens. The current streak the team is on, will have been an eye-opener, plus all the cap room they’ll have.
Somewhat............he is far too inconsistent for me. His whole career has been like a roller coaster, he has the size and talent, but at times only shows up every 8-9 games.........strange beast.
we're not signing him to be Gretzky, we're signing him to win 4th line matchups and step up on other lines when there's injuries, op top of that he PKs well and has chemistry with Evans
The only way Armia can win 4th line matchup next season is if either Demidov is not in the NHL, you trade someone (Gallagher, Anderson, Newhook, ...), you don't sign Evans and move Newhook to center or move Armia to center.
ya sorry i edited my post, the premise is if you move Anderson and Gally which wouldn't be easy, i think it's what the team needs tho (while being salary cap conscious by resigning Armia/Evans and maybe Dvo) to take a step forward and integrate the younger guys in
If we can move Gallagher that would be great. He started the year strong but has been quite unproductive for couple of games now. I do prefer a 4th of Anderson and Armia to Anderson and Gallagher.
realistically i think they'll be able to move Anderson but not Gally so lineup could look like something like this next season
I highly doubt Dvo will be back. That would require a substantial drop in salary and unlike Armia he's not old enough to agree with that he'll test the market to see if someone bite. At one point they'll have to tinker with the chemistry as this team aint good enough atm. And ideally we don't want that to happen in more than 2 years if you want Suzuki to be young enough. Don't forget chemistry was the reason why DD was our 1st line center for so long.
ya probably, depends on what he wants
No idea. He's hard to gauge honestly. He skates well. Has a good shot. I think his release is not quick enough but given enough time his shot is good. Don't think he's lazy he seems to work well. He just doesn't seem to be doing the right thing at the right time. I'd prefer him at center too this is where he played last year after Monahan was traded.
3C needs to be a two-way player, imo. I don't think Newhook can kill penalties. Evans really needs to be resigned. We need a Plekanec/Danault type of player. Someone we can trust out there defensively. Beck can replace him eventually but not yet. Without Evans, I can already see our PK suffer next season and it'd give Suzuki more responsibilities. I think most people here don't want that.
