On this signing, it has multiple areas of value
1) incremental improvement on wing
2) experience of winning SC twice in 2 very different organsiations
3) excitement. while not the player he was, Tarasenko and Kane will both put bums on seats, and give us some magical moments, which given where this team has been for the last 7-8 years is very welcome.
Just had a flash back to when the Larkin, Mantha, Bertuzzi line started red hot and for about a month was one of the top 5 lines in the NHL....at least Stevie is trying to build solid foundations. As recent FA classes have shown us, its easier to get fairly one dimensional scoring wingers in FA for decent value than D-men or 2-way centers, so our drafting strategy makes sense