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Originally Posted by Bingo
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Giordano, Andersson, Hanifin as vets is a good start, and I like Valimaki's chances of recovering, while I'm not as high on Kylington. But that's four guys on the left side which means you have defenseman 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7.
You still need three and five.
That aint coming from Stockton.
Three is pricey and five is reasonable, and the players willing to fit into those two holes come back. I'm guessing one of Brodie/Hamonic and Gustafsson.
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We just need Brodie back. That solves everything. No need for a hamonic as a 5 when you can add another 2 in Brodie. Gus is a 5/6 so is Forbort. I think you can let all three of hamonic, gus, forbort go without blinking. If no Brodie, try hard for vatanen. Krug and Barrie will be too expensive. Vatanen, while not as good as Brodie, is a good 4. Still think we'd be kind of boned on a vatanen Brodie exchange but there arent a ton of viable options. The last thing we need is a Tyler Myers type deal.
1 gio
2 brodie
2/3 andersson
4 Hanifin
6 valimaki
7 kylington
8 yelesin
Don't block Yelesin and Kylington with older, declining marginal upgrades. The lack of a true 5 is not the difference between winning and losing. Valimaki very well may be a 4 by the 20 game mark.
Brodie is key to our season next year. Adding some 5s won't help replace a 2. There are no other 2s I don't think on the market other than Krug. Barrie is overrated. Then there's Pietrangelo, he should almost be the target over Hall of you can get him to sign 5 years. Might impact wins and loses more.