Nobody is asking for 6 elite defencemen. We just feel engelland is not very good even as a 6th dman. The reality is he will have to move up in the lineup due to injuries. I don't like how people think because we made e playoffs with him as our 4th dman means he's a good 6th dman for that cap hit. He is quite physical but he doesn't protect anybody out there. Nobody is going to be prevented from doing something by bollig or engelland. Especially not the Kings.
Also he is a burden on whoever he plays with he can't make simple passes and his skating is the worst of the d core. I think we need to get rid of bollig engelland and Raymond. They aren't actually contributing much sadly. Their spots could be taken by younger players like shore, klimchuk, Poirier and granny. I hope granlund makes the team this year and we at least ship out Raymond!
We need to focus on contracts that we could do without. We have a lot of key signings coming up in the near future. I'd like us to make space and keep Hudler and russell who are 2 key players for us imo, we can't afford to not have enough cap when it comes time to pay those 2, but obviously our young guns Come first.
Any of the following:
Stajan, Jones, Raymond, engelland, smid, bollig, hiller/ramo and potentially widemans contracts could be gone in the next 2 seasons.
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