JH21
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Well sorry. It does make you wrong.I guess this is where we differ, I do care because it's exactly these matchups that get exposed in the playoffs, not to mention they are the guys needed to play larger roles when injuries happen. This is also disregarding the changes that would be needed to change up the lineup. We can't physically ice a lineup with all of Lehkonen/Colton/Manson/Girard next year like in your first example - this has been shown to you ad naseum. Plus if the 4th line is playing 5 minutes a night it means our top guys are playing even more minutes, and it was clear last year that this wore them out and wasn't effective. In fact, your entire strategy was more or less played out last year and we had proof what lack of depth leads to, especially when injuries hit.
If you don't trust me, trust Bednar. He literally said at a presser following the deadline "You're not winning solely because of depth, but you're definitely not winning without it"
I also don't think my Jarvis/Drouin numbers are assumptions. They are projections based on very real stastical data, added to the eye test that these guys are plain and simple talented top-6 NHL-level players, with a lot more ability than they have shown yet in the league (each for different reasons). Plus Jarvis can PK.
So yes, I'd definitely take your 2nd example especially if that forward return included Jarvis as the guy. That doesn't make me wrong, it just means we disagree.
I’ve been shown nothing by nobody. We CAN ice a full lineup.
Cap at 87.5 mil
Rantanen at 12.5
Mitts at 5
Lehkonen- Mackinnon- Rantanen
Landeskog- Mittlestadt- Nichushkin
Wood- Colton- Kovalenko
3 x 950k
Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
2 x 950k
Georgiev
Annunen
Still have roughly $3.2 mil in cap space.