I suspect they need to give AH a few games in AHL, just to build confidence & get accustomed to North America. Maybe 20-40 games depending on how he plays. Preseason will dictate, but he would need to blow them away to keep him up. Same for Mercer imo. Hope they both force NJs hand, but Im thinking AHL to start

BTW, I like that line with Foote on the left. Hope it pans out.

I'm not sold on Boquivst yet, but if he's not up to task & they find another 3C, that is a very exciting prospective line up you put together.

Boqvist is still talented young forward. Could be good trade chip for d-man.

I just say that Holtz has signed to an AHL Amateur Try out which means he'll be in the AHL which is a good idea. I wouldn't mind if he got to play 1-2 games at the end of the season. As for next year, I think he'll make the team out of camp. He was playing in the SHL so Im guessing he's almost NHL ready. For Mercer, I think we should put him in the AHL and see how he does. He won't be ready like Holtz.

I like Foote in his first game. He started off slow but he picked it up towards the end of the game. I think he'll pan out

I think Boqvist has been decent in these past couple of games, but I agree that we could trade him for a dman. Im thinking we could trade Boqvist+pick for Vince Dunn

Vince Dunn is basically better-skating-Will-Butcher.
Would rather get a defensive d-man.
We need our Jacob Slavin.

Graves?

Like Graves
I imagine there will be casualties for cap and expansion.
NYI, VGK, TBL, COL, MIN, MTL all have guys I’d go after. Even maybe SEA after expansion.