For the team to elevate to the next level they need to add to the group of Monahan, Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Bennett, Jankowski, Ferland, Hathaway, Backlund and Frolik.
The backend is quite stable with the current top six in place along with the 4 exciting prospects waiting in the wings. The goaltending seems stable, for the time being, with Smith, Rittich, Gillies and Parsons. Given this the biggest need seems to be on forward, more specifically a scoring right hand shot winger.
They may also need to build a fourth line that can play a hard and heavy game to add a much needed dimension to the team. In the end I think it spurs the end of Brouwer because he doesn't have a true role here on the team and you may as well cut your losses over keeping a guy on the 4th line for 3 years until his contract runs out.
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