Some great insight from both FDW & New Era.
Bouma will still be in the team's plans, but I think he'll probably require at least a couple of months in the AHL to get his edge back. I think one could almost guarantee that Bouma will get some NHL time eventually...
IMO Galliardi is wasted on the 4th line; TJ was playing with Joe Thornton a lot by the end of the season with SJ and looked great. I'm hoping some players ahead of him on the depth chart (not named Baertschi) are moved for help in other areas.
One thing is for certain: Feaster now has more than enough NHLers, depth players & prospects to be able to do some wheeling & dealing. I certainly hope he's looking at any options to swap Cammalleri/Stajan/Butler + secondary pieces for a legitimate top-line prospect on RW & a legitimate crease-clearing bruiser to play on the top D-pairing.
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