Yup, a fast RHD who can disrupt zone entry but is nimble enough to cover more than his share of the ice. Those just aren't available.
Basically what Myers -should- have been, instead of being told to gain 40 lbs.
It's why Jokiharju and him are so awful together. Jokiharju can do none of those things well. With Dahlin he works cause you can't just pressure Dahlin, Jokiharju is perfectly capable of moving the puck out of the zone.
Jokiharju has some of that level of oblivion to his play where he's not aware that someone is behind him or how the breakout is about to develop to be back. Then he's scrambling to try to recover and it's the clown car of bounces and open people around his own net. It's the lack of defensive awareness that seems to derail Henri and I don't think it's every going to come.
I was watching a lot of Dahlin-Jokiharju to see if I could figure out why their fancies work and yet Henri was regularly getting more handles shift-to-shift. Dahlin would be backing out to cover oncoming play and Henri is just single focused on making a pass or shot without looking around and certainly without Dahlin's ability to manipulate checkers with that lateral mobility and hands.
I remember watching young Myers and marveling that I had never seen a guy that big and that young able to front on-coming rushes and direct them to non-dangerous areas the way he could - the wheels and the wingspan working together that first training camp. Then the Chara-fication happened. Maybe it is still Myers.
Previously, I thought maybe Jensen before he went up to Ottawa. Maybe if the Sens year keeps unravelling with this losing streak, he might pop free. In the meantime, it's a need that's going to have to suffer on with what they have until a good candidate appears.
Or maybe if the Bruins finally falter (though it looks like they've rallied again after firing Montgomery) and he's not too too concussed, Carlo.