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Originally Posted by StrykerSteve
Unless they trade Stempniak, Sarich, Tanguay and Cammalleri, they don't have roster spots to let the kids play. I'd say 3 of these 4 need to be traded.
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Your math is wrong. We only really need to trade one of the forwards to make some room on the big team right away. For argument's sake go with Tanguay.
Cammalleri-Stajan-Stempniak
Glencross-Backlund-Hudler
Baertschi-Knight-Horak
Jackman-Reinhart-Bouma
X: Jones, Alui/other young guy
Giordano-Wideman
Brodie-Smith
Butler-Cundari/Sieloff/Wotherspoon/Breen
X: Sarich
That still leaves room for a number of the young players to fight for roster spots and then Cammalleri, Sarich and/or Stempniak can be trade bait at the deadline to make room for more players from the Heat. By that time, the young players that have been up for most of the season should hopefully have a grasp on what they are doing and not need as much attention as the new guys.
Piling on a team full of rookies will not help anything.