I give it a C+ and as much as I like the Markstrom signing and feel it had to be done, we have to recognize that this contract has potential to go sideways at some point. I think the Tanev signing will be okay for a couple of seasons but only if he can stay healthy which isn't a given. Chances are the deal doesn't look so great on the back half. Hard to say really if the team is any better on the blueline as we will have to see how Gio fares with another partner as I believe Brodie actually carried him at times last season. Hamonic Forbort, and Gustafsson aren't huge losses on their own but they were solid depth which will now be tested. In net there's no doubt goaltending should be improved but the forward group has not been good enough for years in the playoffs and here we are staring at the same forward group that can't rise to the occasion in big games more than not so at the end of the day I feel the team isn't any better or any worse. The teams is still solidly entrenched in mediocrity which seems to be good enough for ownership.
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