I agree with most that the Valimaki injury in itself isn’t a devastating hit to the team. The problem is that it’s almost an entire season long recovery...during which there are inevitably other injuries. We currently have 6 NHL caliber defencemen, assuming Anderson and Kylington don’t take a step backwards, but there’s a huge drop after that.
Unfortunately waiting for the Tkachuk situation to sort itself out might handicap them during training camp PTOs. The potential for one-way deals is key for those type of borderline NHL vets.
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