I like the mcquaid signing.. but doubt he will be that cheap.. I think lilly makes the team. Gravel will be sent down.

Few things to keep in mind... Kerfoot didn't play center most of last year.. so it would be in the teams best interest to have him as the main center but have someone who is a right handed shot that can take strong side right handed faceoffs (similar to how matthews/nylander did). They could use nylander in this situation.. or they could use nick shore.

Also Hyman (torn acl)/Derm (shoulder surgery) are out till dec/jan... so better to have them on ltir since it is a long time of the season. Ltir is when u are out for 10 or more games...

I think that's a fair assessment of that trade and I like that McQuaid signing for them. Probably lowballing Marner though unless his camp changes their mind, would be lesser term if that's the case -- probably 3 years.