Tonight provided a great glimpse at what is coming down the pipeline.
We have too many players that will deserve spots next year. It will be a very interesting offseason.
Im now more in the "trade Coleman in the offseason" versus waiting until the deadline.
Trade Out:
Andersson
Coleman
Bean (or waive)
Miromanov (or waive)
Forwards:
Huberdeau
Kadri
Backlund
Forst
Farabee
Zary
Coronato
Sharangovich
Lomberg
Pospisil
Klapka
Morton
Kerins
That's 13 already, without considering players like Suniev, Honzek or Stromgren that may be pushing for spots as well. Plus any UFA's or players brought in via trading Andersson and Coleman.
Defense:
Weegar
Bahl
Pachal
Parekh
Brzustewicz
Leaves 2 spots. Kuznetsov, Solvyov, Kuznetsov or Grushinkov could all be ready to make the jump, and I wouldnt be surprised to see at least 1 of them push hard in camp. LD could be a major UFA target as well.
Re-Sign Vladar. He had some very good performances down the stretch. Gives some leeway until Sergeev can make the jump. I still think Cooley also has NHL backup potential.
I think the team is going to be much more competitive than people imagine, and we'll have a surplus of players and picks to potentially package and make the team better, now.
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