Beendair Donedat
Juice Arse 2.0
As has been posted may times - I am sure no one offered a first for Anderson and if they did they would have wanted retention. There is no way Hughes was retaining for 4 years. Lehkonen is overrated. he is a very good player but his production is not good enough for the line he is playing on. They got a reasonable return for him. Barron is still developing and the pick hasn't been made or traded yet.
A goal scorer would be more useful but where are they going to get one?
It’s a fair question, but I don’t think it’s something we have to force by giving up draft capital.
Draft the BPA, continue developing the talent we already have and will acquire, move some more veterans like Savard for more first round picks, and take on cap dumps for assets. Realistically they have one more year of likely not making the playoffs so stay the course that’s already been laid out… and make your big moves after 2024-2025 plays out… maybe take a run at someone like Draisaitl and Crosby? They should have a ton of cap space and one of the deepest prospect pools in the NHL at that point.