Kings v5 GM
Rejoint: févr. 2018
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Realistically buffalo should be wanting to shelter Dahlin and his partner a little bit. To get the best out of him currently and to further develop him and his partner their goal should to play him against 2nd and 3rd lines defensively and give him a bunch of OZ shifts. I'm not sure who is usual partner is but imo the smart thing to do would be Dahlin-Joki on the 2nd pair in the scenario I just described and McCabe-Miller on the 3rd pair. That gives them an amazing 2nd and 3rd pair.
Dahlin will be ready for the 1st pair soon but throwing him and miller/Joki to the wolves is a horrible thing to do.
What buffalo needs is someone to go up against top competition throughout the game. Risto and Montour have been this season and it went horribly. Both are 3rd pairing defensemen who will get extremely overpaid. If I were GM jack eichel I would target Brodin and Demelo. Those are two guys who are strong defensively, solid offensively and good puck movers. They are good PK'ers and both are trusted against top competition. That would give buffalo 3 extremely strong pairs, they already have guys to play on the PP so losing risto and montour doesnt matter