Making the playoffs without Tarasenko

I think they’ll make it based on how bad the division is, but I’m expecting a long and frustrating season. Scoring has always been an issue and we’ve never seen Tarasenko our for more than 5 games at a time. I think at some point we’ll be forced to make a trade.

Could be a good opportunity for someone else to grab the reigns. Thomas, Kostin, Blais maybe Kyrou even. It just takes one of those guys to become a full time top 6 player and the offset will be mitigated.

They don't need be 1st in the conference, they just need to get in.

Kostin isn't ready or gong to replace much production yet and why do we want Howard? Why make a trade to not replace Tarasenko's production?

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Detroit isn't trading Howard for Allen. Yes Howard 35 but he is still the better goalie and in my opinion Sanford doesn't make up for the difference in skill. Detroit has 10 players on the roster and 13 RFAs and 9 UFAs with contracts that expire at the end of the season. Allen has a cap hit $4.3M and Howard is on a 1yr deal so keeping Howard gives Detroit more flexibility.

No one can replace everything Tarasenko does. However, Kostin plays the game a similar style to Tarasenko (minus the skill set obviously) so I think of the young guys he's best suited for that position.