2021-2022

Saad wouldn't be a bad add, I think WPG might have the option to make a bigger splash, possibly via trade. The money is there for it.

Yea I agree. I was tryna look for an ideally young winger to fit that core and Saad stood out especially with his good play on the avs. I feel that they want to replace stastny before it’s too late simply because of his age so this is gonna be the year to do it. Especially cause they’ll have $29 million in cap and practically an entire top 6 filled out minus 1 player which I decided on Saad. I feel they’ll have the money to force Lowry back and Copps an RFA so they’ll definitely try and get him long term since it’s his last RFA year. The defense is still something I have many questions on and I wonder what cheveldayoff is gonna do. All and all they’re in a great position for the future with a great core.

Agreed, the bottom pair is going to be interesting. Ideally, having DeMelo on the 3rd pair would be great for depth purposes and ice time distribution, but who do they add? Hamilton? Or, do they go after Vatanen perhaps? Trade for Dumba? Tough situation really. Also, $3M is kind of a lot for a 3rd pair guy.

I can see a situation where they go cheap on offense and instead of adding another top 6 forward they can just promote Andrew Copp to the second line they try and grow Vesalainen or Perfetti on the third with Lowry and Appleton. By doing that they save $5-6 mill and they can go all out on a defense partner for Morrisey. Ideally Hamilton.