It's a mistake to assume an 18 year old is a solution you can ink into the lineup. Regardless of the drafts hype. The only kids that age that you should be planning around are the Crosby types, and even that's no sure thing.
Lindholm wasn't the only solution though. Gerbe, Dvorak, we had some other lines in the water it seemed. Jr bargain bins shops, mostly because that's all the money he has. I'm not one to generally defend him, but he spent the forward money on jstaal and semin trying to add to our too 6. He gambled that tlusty and ruutu would fill it out, ruutu has failed and the first line lost its magic. Skinner looks ready to be consistent but he has been hurt. The defense is where I've struggled more with jr, and the back up goalie prior to this season. We've been short a couple good dmen a long time. You know jr is fully aware, he even bid on suter. We have thrown Faulk in the deep end from day one, and it's been a mixed bag but he's a good player. We did that because we had no other options. Murphy is getting the same treatment, as did mcbain. We've improved the cast back there this season but it's still at least one good player short.
