So to improve the team, u take a bunch of older players and trade ur young powerhouses? No thank u

I would love to get OEL to play WITH Parayko, maybe there is another way to acquire him. Bouwmeester still seems like an immovable object to me, but he seems like a good pro and might oblige if mgmt were to ask him to waive his NTC.

If we sign JvR I'd try to pry whoever schemes TOR's PP along with him (Jim Hiller?). It's not a lack of skill/personnel that plagues us on PP, it's the system. JVR might be a dud in our current system (Schenn had 17 PPG last year... 8 this year).

Not sure if we could talk WSH into taking on Berglund. They'd only move Holtby to be able to afford Carlson, and they just extended Eller who is essentially a Berglund clone.

Judging by Armstrong's reaction last night, my guess is that he's very aware of the flaws of this team (that he created). He should be seriously working on removing Berglund, Allen, Sobotka - no matter the cost - and bringing in some real winners that can complement our next crop of young players.

OEL is like 27/28. Gallagher is 25. Rask is 25. Holtby is 28. I would not consider that older. And I also would not consider Parayko, Thompson, Berglund, Allen to be young powerhouses. I LOVE Parayko (have his jersey in my closet), but I believe we need a change and maybe need more of a high compete level. Parayko is always calm and relaxed, but maybe we need players that will spark us

terrible trade for mtl. the money gally makes, and what he does on the ice. u better be sending an elite player back.

Just commented on someone else's page. I think Yeo is the problem with Parayko. He doesn't use him the way he should. He gets middle of the road PP time, always being paired with Dunn (who is good but is more of the same as Parayko) or Bouwmeester when he was playing and is consistently not playing the man and out of position. Ryan Suter, who is an extremely effective all around defenseman, looked horrible playing with Yeo. Speaking of terrible systems, Tarasenko is being played on the point when he should be playing circle down where he's more effective.