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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Adding Hall and retaining Gaudreau with the cap levelling off would likely mean cutting ties with a few vet D and putting guys like Valimaki and Kylington in their place.
Since I think they're more than serviceable at this level already I'd be fine with that. But treliving seems to want to hang on to a few of these bottom pairing vets who have more experience but are hardly an upgrade.
Gustafsson, Stone and Forbort ahead of the kids is honestly overkill.
You only need one of those guys and thats either Gus or Forbort I'd say.
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I think it would mean moving Lindholm to C and trading one of Backlund or Ryan.
As for defense, I can't disagree but Stone was never really ahead of anyone, the only defensemen he played more than were call-ups and deadline acquisitions and he was only re-signed due to Valimaki's injury. Then with injuries to Brodie and Hamonic, it made sense to add Gus and Forbort. With everyone healthy it looks like overkill, but at the time it was not.