Speculation on my part, but if Minnesota falls out of the race would there be any interest in Eric Staal as a pure rental?
76 points in 82 games last year and 26 points in 40 games this year.
Big, strong center with some finishing ability for the third line? I can't imagine he would cost a fortune. Cap hit of 3.5 million so I'm sure there is some way to make that work with retention. Maybe roll with something like this:
Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Backlund-Bennett
Frolik-Staal-Neal
Ryan-Jankowski-Hathaway
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