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Originally Posted by butterfly
I’m not against that model, but do they even have any D prospects that I’m dismissing? Is Niemela still a thing?
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Hard to say as what is "a thing"? Do they need to draft or trade for a top pairing player, probably will need to trade for 1 as it appears as of right now they have 0 that have that potential. But our attitude towards Niemela could be the same towards Porier from other teams fans and media?
Calling up guys that aren't top line and 1st line players still has an impact. See Zary and Pospisil. Both have been good additions.
The cheaper depth guys you have, maybe they at some point can use cap space on a top pairing dman and find a Rasmus in the draft and sign a Tanev who has been rock solid and a steal for us for his entire contract.
They got the forwards.
What was plan b if they did not sign this deal? Trade him? They aren't that bad of a team to be ditching 100-point rental players.
The contract is not a steal, but with an escalating cap it's not an anchor of a deal too.