The hardest asset to manage this off-season will be Brodie.
You keep him, and you have to ensure he rebounds back. He needs the right defense strategy, the right side to play on (literally), proper ice time, and the correct defense partner. Then you need to address the IQ and psychology part of the game, which runs deeper than just on-ice attention. He is losing it and cannot be regularly counted on to play a top-four role like he should.
You trade him, and you better fill an organizational hole that is glaring - scoring on the right side. If that doesn't happen, do you even bother?
I would still target Hoffman this summer, even if he is older with only two years left on his contract.
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