It's sure going to be awful, but to be fair, NONE of those guys are kids. Walker is the youngest and he's 24, maybe has a couple more years of development. LaDue and Fantenberg are what they are, sink or swim. Maybe they prove we need to keep them, or they prove that they're just bridges for the real kids. That D score SUCKS HARD but i have no worries of 'ruining' anyone on it. It's **** or get off the pot time for every one of those guys but Walker and even he has to show some immense development in his brain on his side of the red line to make me believe he's anything but tweener D fodder.
pretty much. He's not going anywhere, but it's time to treat him like SJ treats Thornton--you're here, you're a big part of this franchise history, but it's time to transition to others to carry the offense.