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No to Duchene hes too old. I doubt Guentzel comes back as much as I would like him to. With all this talk about Carolina shopping Necas and not signing Pesce it sounds like their gonna get Jake signed. Of course it's not up to him though.

yeah agree on Jake, I still think there is a tiny chance because of Carolinas situation but still very difficult.

why not duchene? I get he is old but on the market there isn't much better and he is having a great season.

Well to be quite honest I think Rakell stays and that takes care of the 2nd or 3rd line. I think Yager gets a year in the AHL so I'd put Puusty up there. I'd be very suprised if he doesnt get a roster spot for the whole year. Poulin in my opinion hasnt been too great in the NHL. I like Ponomaryov up there. Someone like Debrusk cause of age I think would be better than Duchene. I also wouldnt mind Tarasenko necessarily either.

Maybe something like (if Jake comes back)

Guentzel - Crosby - Rust
Bunting - Geno - Rakell or FA
O'Connor - Eller - Rakell or FA
Ponomaryov - Acciari - Puustinen

Itll be hard to make other signings if we sign Jake.

For the defense I think St. Ivany gets a shot to start the season. I'd rather spend that 4 mil on a LD cause I dont think Pickering is ready yet either.

Sharks aren't doing that trade without a sweetener.

I would agree with you, obviously I tried to make a better team than a realistic one. tanev and duchene are old and not sure management would ever give that amount of money to more old players considering the average age of the team and definitely not giving them multi-years contract.

i do believe the team I assembled here is much better than what you proposed... cuz your is much more realistic.

if I have to be realistic, unfortunately I think this will be a very low event offseason. if I had to bet 1 euro on what the team would look like imo it would look:

Guentzel or FA - Crosby - Rust
Bunting - Geno - Rakell
O'Connor - Eller - Puustinen
poulin - Ponomaryov - Acciari

Pettersson - EK
graves - tanger
poj - st Ivany

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not sure yager pickering or koivunen will be ready.

not even sure they trust Blomqvist yet they might sign a backup in case.