This is the kind of comment I expect norrisnick to reply with. You can disagree with who you want and if you want to trust Yahoo go ahead. There are plenty of reputable sports writers out there, I personally have never read anything from Yahoo that didn't come across like a non fan writing their opinion on a topic they know little about.
How come you want us to go after guys outside our age group? Every decent one that comes up, you say we should go get. Steve has said quite a few times he is looking for good players that fit the window of the current group which is Larkin and younger. Larkin is also the high end of the age group.
Every decent one? Really?
No, not every single one. I brought up Erik Johnson because he was a RD with championship experience that played with some great players. Didn't realize his legs betrayed him that much so I got off it.
Toffoli, Meier, Debrincat I have been wanting because they are literal shoot-first players and that is what we need. I am tired of seeing our players that know how to shoot, defer for the pass (raymond for example). I don't want that anymore. Even Datsyuk at times would defer for a pass and yes it was mostly the right choice, but the man had a shot that struck fear into the hearts of opposing goalies. Just use it man.
That is what I am going after. I want us to be in on all of the guys who are shoot-first players. We don't want these types of players, we actually
need them. I mean..just give me one dammit.
And yes Toffoli is older, but he can help teach Raymond his vet experience on shooting since that's what he is known for.
How come you want us to stay stagnant and not want shooters on our team? Also, Yzerman actually said that he is looking to sign extended contracts for players under Larkin's age. Not that he just won't sign older players. I point you to Perron as exhibit A and Chiarot as exhibit B
