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Originally Posted by playmaker
Looking at our future core... we've got our highly skilled winger in Gaudreau, our Krejci-Bergeron center combo in Bennett and Monahan, as well as very promising dcore that's gonna be further upgraded by Hickey or Killington. We've got our heart and soul guys in Bouma and Ferland, or perhaps Hunter Smith and Carrol as well.
The element that's missing is a pure sniper - that's why I'd be thrilled if this group could be reinforced by a guy like Puljujärvi or Julien Gauthier.
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Bennett has a higher upside than Krejci/Bergeron IMO, he has Forsberg type upside.
As far as pure snipers go, I'd say Laine looks like more of a pure sniper than Puljujarvi to me. And if you're part of the crowd that doesn't think Ferland can be a top two line power forward then we're also missing that piece of the puzzle.
Really any of Laine (sniper), Puljujarvi (dynamic winger), Tkachuk (power forward), Chychrun (good overall d-man with skating, size, strength, skill) fit big needs for us. I'd also be quite happy with Juolevi (D), Sergachev (D), Fabbro (D), Gauthier (RW), Dubois (LW/C), Nylander (W), Jones (LW).
We're pretty much guaranteed another good piece. The rest of the season and the lottery will let us know if its another 1st line/top pairing guy or just a 2nd line/2nd pairing type guy. At this point it looks more likely we'll get the former.