Still wondering how the Forward roster looks next season.
Of players who have played at least 1 NHL game (+ Sam), we have:
5 on UFA contracts signed (Hudler, Stajan, Jones, Raymond, Bollig)
5 on RFA contracts signed (Gaudreau, Monahan, Colborne, Granlund, Poirier)
1 prospect RFA signed (Bennett)
5 regular RFA's (Backlund, Bouma, Jooris, Shore, Byron)
7 prospect RFA's (Ferland, Wolf, Arnold, Reinhart, Hanowski, Agostino, BVB)
That's 23 forwards, 16 alone from the first 4 groups that you would expect to make the team...remove Byron and you still have 15. And that doesn't even factor in any UFA signings.
I'd like to see Bennett, Poirier and Granlund all make the team, but that would necessitate the removal of some current roster players.
It will be interesting for sure.
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