What I Think Bim Will Do

VAN is not moving Podkolzin

poeple was yelling at me when i was making trade with jones at the start of season they said he was not going to move and see what we learn recently :P

I think our Right side is set on defense. I also think the organization is satisfied with the right side. It's fairly evident how Schmidt sucks on the left side and is pretty solid on the right. This is part of his slow start is that Green attempted to first use him on the left.

If defense, our need is without a doubt a partner for Schmidt - an Edler replacement to fill the 2nd LD spot. I expect Benning to pursue a Murray type FA, or maybe trade for Zadorov, Graves etc.

Still, the team's largest weakness is that our bottom six is awful - the worst in the league - Below AHL level. Bozak is a nice start, but our defense alone is sufficient so long as we aren't always in our own zone -- that starts by actually having an offense. I think the front office also sees the middle six as the largest area for upgrade on our roster. We know that our third line sucks and thus need to do something about it.

What remains uncertain is if aggressive means quality or quantity - I'm kind of expecting quantity. I don't really see a top line or top pair move.

Though, I totally get why you made this assumption that resulted in this build. There's a fringe % chance of it. That's reduced by signing Pod first - if we were wanting to trade him, we wouldn't have signed him first.

I’m…not against this. Though I think CBJ would try to have some level of assurance in case VAN rebounds and makes a deep run in 2022. Maybe like a, “If VAN makes the playoffs, CBJ have the option to defer for a year.”

God…Podkolzin, Marchenko, Voronkov, Chinakov, Tarasov, Gavrikov. CBJ just gonna be Columbus Red Jackets; KHL West 😂

Lmao no chance Jim is trading Podkolzin. Pods is the exact type of player Jim values more than anything else.

Jim May go all in of Jones but Podkolzin would be untouchable imo that trade, in almost certain