It's not that the acquisitions today are bad per se. It's just that none of the big holes were filled and options are running out, if they haven't already. This is still a team that will struggle to score and recently lost a top 4 defenseman.
Looking at the players in and players out since the trade deadline last season, and this is a slightly worse team.
Coleman > Ryan
Nothing < Bennett
Nothing <<< Giordano
Vladar =/= Rittich
Lewis =/= other depth randos
Zadarov =/= Nesterov
Hopefully some prospects are ready to step in. Other than that, trades are an option, but this team lacks any real areas of strength to trade from or surplus cap space, so any trades will likely be lateral moves.
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