The most ironic thing about our deadline this year.
We refused to play Kravtsov all year because GG was worried about the lineup being too soft.
We get rid of Kravy but add Tarasenko and Kane and now have exactly 3 forwards who seem to play a grinding style. And one of them has a concussion.
I get we're playing short-handed. I get that Kane is new and Tarasenko is still new.
But it is a very very very weird turn of events where we get rid of Kravy and give Gallant a far softer lineup in the process.
Look, it still may work out, this Kane move and the Tarasenko move.
But the notion of, "Hey why shouldn't we add Kane? We're hardly giving up anything." It's not nothing. Adding Kane meant not adding more forward depth. It meant shifting the entire lineup around in a way it was never designed to shift. Everyone complaining about Vesey or Hunt or Fast or Blackwell being in the top 6-- i really hope you're paying attention to what happens when you remove all the 200 ft players from the top 9.
For this lineup to work, players who are not necessarily known for playing a more gritty 200 ft game are going to need to find it in themselves to sacrifice for the team and play that way.
I mean, I suppose the good news is, that conditional pick in the Kane deal is very likely going to be a 2nd rounder unless this team figures out many many things between now and end of season.
I could honestly see us missing the playoffs as absolutely crazy as that sounds. The mix or players just looks really off right now.
