Ine is very similar, if Richards is bought out then sign him but I doubt he will be. Unless there is a cheap deal or he's an FA then don't get him.
Without Richards my team looks like this
1. Draft Reinhart, shoud be available and he's the BPA.
2. Let Cammalleri, Butler, Westgarth go
3. Sign Vrbata (4 years at 18mil) another right handed shot
4. Sign Gustavsson (1 year at 1.5mil), lets Ortio develop one more years
5. Trade Wideman with 25% retained to Detroit for a 2015 2nd and 2014 5th
6. Trade the Pittsburgh 3rd for Matt Bartkowski or Adam McQuaid
7. Sign Mark Fayne (3 years at 7.5mil)
Glencross - Backlund - Vrbata
Gaudreau - Monahan - Colborne
Baertschi - S.Reinhart - Hudler
Bouma - Stajan - Wolf/D.Jones
X: Byron and McGrattan
Brodie - Giordano
Smid - Bart/McQuaid
Russell - Fayne
X Cundari
Rämö
Gustavsson
This team is young and big. Our first line is our primary scoring. I'd expect 50 point years out of 2/3 of them. Backlund will continue his development while Vrbata and Glencross will be a good example for the young players. Our 2nd line is an exciting one. Gaudreau has too much talent for the AHL. Gaudreau will get it tonthe front and that's where you'll always find Monahan and Colborne. On the 3rd line you have Baertschi up and should finally have his breakout year. Rookie Sam Reinhart who is NHL ready IMO. He will set up his two scoring wingers ver well. Hudler hoepfully will guide these two like he did to Monahan. Hudler should continue to provide points as well. As we go sown to the 4th line Bouma earned a spot with his compete level. Stajan willprovide leadership and some skill to the 4th line. We'll see who earns the job, Jones or Wolf. Wolf would be nice because he'll beat the s*** out of anyone who touches Gaudreau. Although Jones deserves another chance. Sitting in the presser but getting in A LOT are Paul Byron who earned a spot with his compete levl last year and Brian McGrattan another guy who'll beat the **** out of you if you mess with Johnny.
On D Brodie and Gio have no reason to be seperated. They're a top pairing on a lot of teams. Gio is still the captain. Smid makes us really tough to play against he can play with anyone. He'll be asked to play with either Matt Bartkowski or Adam McQuiad. Two RHD who are young (one is younger) and can play top 4 minutes. On the bottom pair, extended Russell and FA from New Jersey Mark Fayne is a good pair as well. These two players can do it all. Mobile, offensive, breakout, shutdown, hit, block shots and passes. Cundari brings truculence, hard point shot and mobility.
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