I do not know what Tre should do with this team if they get knocked out in the 1st round again. It's a confusing mess. I honestly cannot tell if they are a couple of solid tweaks away from taking the next step, if it needs a major retooling, or if they need to tear it down and start over.
The D is a mess. They are probably losing Brodie, Forbort, Gustafsson and Hamonic plus Gio is almost 37 and showing major signs of a serious drop off.
We can't go into next season with Rittich as the main goalie can we? He's the only one signed though for now, and he's too expensive to be just a back up.
Up front you can't make any major additions without moving a big piece out because there isn't enough cap space and the defense and goaltending will suffer as a result.
I was 99% sure it was time to move on from Bennett but now I'm stuck between selling high and "holy ####, he's finally arrived, let's keep him and play him at C with Dube and Tkachuk next year".
Mangi and Dube look like they're blossoming, so maybe you don't mess with the forward group too much and just add to D and goaltending?
And to top it all off, any decent addition anywhere to the line up is only going to result in the loss of a better player for nothing at the end of next season when Seattle comes calling.
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