Roster Building XXV: Winning Rantanen's Undying Love

[Borsig]

Or Jarvis moves to C, or Rantanen

 

[DaveG]

The conundrum with Andersen is that he's a high-performing goalie when he's available. Is Demko going to be that much of an upgrade considering that he also has a bunch of health questions? If I were Tulsky, I would take the swing for Vejmelka, high-dollar extension and all, but again, I'm not him. Andersen and Demko, in weird sorts of ways, represent a sort of value proposition because of said injury history.

Honestly, if keeping Andersen meant that we had a LeBron/Bosh era Miami Heat-esque offseason at forward with Rantanen and Marner, I'd be OK with that. Scott Morrow's developmental track makes that quite possible.

not sure he'd get to FA but I'd much rather go for Marchand than Marner if Brad gets to UFA. Older BUT he'll be about 4-5M a year cheaper and he's a better two-way forward. He's also a natural LW whereas Marner is yet another RW. Marchand-Aho-Jarvis might be the most annoying line to play against in the league in a long loooooooong time in all 3 zones.

 

[Borsig]

Marchand is OLD.

No.

 

[robbieberns]

Marchand on a 2x6 deal or whatever would be perfect. The mentorship, leadership, and support scoring would be dynamite for a cup run or two.

 

[DaveG]

Marchand on a 2x6 deal or whatever would be perfect. The mentorship, leadership, and support scoring would be dynamite for a cup run or two.

Even 2x7.5-8 would be palatable given our cap situation.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Marchand is OLD.

No.

Old but still really good. That's the Carolina value special

 

[BadgerCane58]

Marchand on a 2x6 deal or whatever would be perfect. The mentorship, leadership, and support scoring would be dynamite for a cup run or two.

AND…… the Canes would be a “bunch of jerks” again.