As always it was a quick trade with Doug - when he offers you something it is always serious out of the gate. A quick tweek and we were done.
I like Semyon but the three headed goalie monster in Washington was becoming frustrating. Now that I've traded him he will surely become a clear #1 - just like Pekka Rinne did.
This signals that our future in net rests with Corey Schneider - we are still going to have to work on getting a #1 for this year but he'll be a good back-up.
In the meantime we add a number of things we like
Fehr will slide in nicely on our fourth line.
Delzotto had a step back last year but still has buckets of upside which is what we look for.
The 1st gives us four in the 1st round which is really nice
And we think Jared Knight could be one of the big long-term pieces of this deal. We see him as a 2nd liner in the NHL long-term.
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