Stop-gap Kreider replacement?
Good guy, good player. But with so many of these guys, when you get 25 y/o and older, you do get more specialized. You can’t just bring them over and throw them into the mix and see what comes out of it. Burdashov isn’t going to thrive on a 4th line LW. You must know what you are getting and have a specific role in mind, otherwise the batting average on these type of signings will be way to low.
But can’t we find someone with a bit more future potential than Burdashov? To put it like this, let’s say we had a great team and was about to lose Kreider as a cap casualty this summer and had to find a winger on an ELC to play with Ziba — I think Burda could be a good option. Not a bad bet. Don’t quite see it in the situation we are in now though.