2 and/or 3 for me. Mostly want one more vet with legit playoff experience. If Kronwall wants to come, he'd be great (only better if he were RHS, but pretty sure he's capable of playing either side). I could imagine Detroit being interested in Stone in the summer, so maybe our
Either Ferland or even Justin Williams would have been awesome, but I don't see Carolina moving either when they are so close.
A name I haven't heard much on, but that intrigues me a lot is Adam Henrique. I think a hybrid C/W would be great, but RW is where we could use more help. But if a C were to go down to injury, Henrique is probably a better option to move over than Bennett or Ferland. If we lose Backlund or Monahan, we're hooped anyways, though.
Zuccarello or Hayes serve very different functions. I feel like Hayes helps more getting through the western conference, but Zuccarello might be better against the Lightning in the finals. Pretty hard to plan for that eventuality, but Zuc seems like more of a swiss army knife that can do whatever necessary on any line.
If the cost isn't too tremendous, I'd love Wayne Simmonds. I think he could be very, very motivated to prove his value for July 1. After Lucic and Neal, I can imagine teams being very wary of paying him. I bet he'd bust his ass to get teams salivating, though.
In the end, I don't think this team is ready to win the cup. I think you spend minor assets to maximize you're chances of the 3rd or 4th round, with an eye to shoring up a position of weakness for next season. Zuccarello fits that bill. If he clicks and the number is right, he is the only 'rental' who I can see having a strong chance of staying here.
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