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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Thoughts:
Anaheim is going to loose someone good on D.
Columbus are going to leave several good players exposed, including J Johnson and D Savard. So strange for a team that had such a poor season.
Could Dallas leave Nichushkin exposed? It will be one of him, Eakin, Ritchie, or Roussel.
Does Florida expose Jagr?
Nashville will likely move one of its top four in a trade. They won't let Ekholm or Ellis walk for nothing.
As for the LV roster:
They'll have no shortage of solid veterans, with guys like D Brown, C Kunitz, and J Williams. But otherwise their forward group is going to be weak.
The defence will be strong. Better than a half-dozen NHL teams.
Goaltending will be about average.
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This is how I see it as well. On first blush, the forwards will be terrible, but they should be able to draft D and goalies and then trade those excess assets. It might take a while (the trades could be for draft picks), but if you subscribe to the "build a team from the net out", they will have a good foundation.
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From HFBoard oiler fan, in analyzing MacT's management:
O.K. there has been a lot of talk on whether or not MacTavish has actually done a good job for us, most fans on this board are very basic in their analysis and I feel would change their opinion entirely if the team was successful.
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