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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Why not? The best teams are always adding.
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And yet you are consistently talking about subtracting our #2 defenseman like he's expendable or a bad contract.
Forwards are exciting, but look at every cup winning team in the last thirteen years besides the 2017 Penguins and their blue lines were absolutely suffocatingly good, to go with quality forward cores, often with the top two or three guys logging minutes in the 27-28 minute range come playoff time
Doughty
Voynov
Mitchell
Muzzin
Keith
Seabrook
Campbell
Hjalmarsson
Byfuglien
Keith
Seabrook
Hjalmarsson
Oduya
Leddy
Letang
Dumoulin
Daley
Schultz
Orlov
Carlson
Niskanen
Kempny
Chara
Seidenberg
Boychuk
Kaberle
Lidstrom
Rafalski
Kronwall
So yeah, if the cost of acquiring Stone is weaking our current D core, it's a net negative even if Stone is great.
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Was there a real reason for Tampa to add Ryan McDonagh last year, aside from just making their already terrific defensive core a true embarrassment of riches?
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The reason for Tampa to add Ryan McDonagh was because they saw a very talented Sergachev and a stacked forward core - and
still felt that you need your blue line to be your most important skaters, not just loading up on forwards who are going to get 16 minutes a game and eat into each other's powerplay time.