Wabit
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Zuccarello in the top six is a hole. Rossi isn't a winger. Hartman is. Foligno is a fourth liner. Lauko, Trenin are here today, gone tomorrow players. Same with Bogosian.
The idea is that Ohgren, Yurov, Khusnutdinov, etc fill some of those holes, but by the time they adequately fill those holes, players like Hartman, Middleton, Kaprizov, Spurgeon, Brodin might or will be gone. Bogosian and Zuccarello will definitely be gone.
Our long term core is Kaprizov (if he stays), Boldy, Ek, Rossi, Faber, and then Ohgren, Yurov, Buium if they make it. Everything else is a hole.
Hartman is a better center than Rossi.
Rossi doesn't have the physical attributes to be a center. He doesn't have the size or the speed/skating. It's like watching Granny play center all over again. His abilities are that of a NHL winger and he's just a placeholder at center until something better comes along. Heck as soon as Yurov joins the team Rossi is bumped to 3C according to most of the forum here.
Foligno is fine on a 3rd line, Trenin should be also.
For as much as you say gone tomorrow these are multiyear contracts for a lot of players. This year and next year should be all in years for MN. I don't really care about 3 years from now, because I think Kap is gone as a UFA. Then it'll be back to the years of crying about making the Playoffs then getting killed by a Patty Kane type of player and getting bounced.
Zucc in the top-6 will still put up 60-70p (or at least pace) next year. Just get him away from being on a line with Rossi.