Remember when Carolina traded more at the deadline than we did, and then Jack Roslovic was a big part of eliminating them in the 3rd period? Hilarious.
Moral of the story: bargain shopping.
I dunno Guentzel is a beast. This team was/is short a needle mover at RW.
A top 6 of
Kreider-Zibby-Guentzel
Panarin-Tro-Laf
Would be pretty potent.
Don’t forget, Drury was in on him but didn’t like the price. I’m glad as well tbh. If we’re pulling that type of trade, I want someone younger who will be here beyond 1 season.
He also didn’t pony up a 1st for Henrique or vatrano which was def the right move as well…..
The one that didn’t happen that Def hurts this team was Novak.
Reports were we were hot and heavy on him. No word what the return would have been but he’s a player that makes that 3rd line lethal. He would also be here beyond 1 season. I woulda have gladly gave up a late 1st to have him in the fold…..
Preds played out of their minds down the stretch, made the playoffs and he was resigned. Drury then shifted to option 2 Wennberg.
I really don’t mind paying at the TDL, as long as the piece is the right age with the right contract….
A lot of people are still mad about not having Buch with kreids/zibby….. he’ll even Zucc would have probably signed a friendlier deal to stay here, but he’s flourished with minn.
We got lucky that this team has been good all season and our guys have really carried the load. We didn’t need to add a superstar to win. He just had to plug holes filled by injury.
Chytil returning ( if he can actually play, makes us missing on Novak less crucial).
Our top 6 has performed as well as can be expected so far, but in the playoffs you really need to have a dangerous top 9 that can score and a 4th line that will get one here and there as a bonus ( which ours has done).
Cuylle has performed really well as a rookie. Hopefully chytil can play again and make Kakko/chytil a more dangerous offensive option.
Ros has his ups and downs, but for what we paid to get him, the return he’s giving is a bargain.
