Rejoint: avr. 2017
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I like your first point in the explanation of your AGM, you are right, there are too many UFAs next offseason on D and Hawks don't need to throw away assets to get one.
Regarding Kerfoot, I don't like him and don't think he's even worth Nylander. Nylander is hard to trade right now when he doesn't have much value, but if...and it's a big if...he blossoms this season then we will regret moving him. I don't love the idea of trading him unless another team values his potential more then his actual real value on the ice so far.
Toews, Dach and Suter are our centers which makes Strome expendable. Moving Dach to the wing, I get the reasons why, shouldn't happen yet. He's our future 1C and until we definitely know he's not, we need to role with his development as such. Borstrom to me is as big if not bigger of a wild card as Nylander, so play him in the AHL until he proves otherwise.
I've said is a dozen times at least on here, but Hino has proven he looks good in a Hawks sweater. Give him another chance on a cheap contract. Hagel - Suter - Hino can be an awesome 3rd line.
Getting back to point #1, Kalynuk is definitely not a 1st liner so that will hurt putting him up there. I know the fan's love him, but in an ideal world, he and Stillman will both be fighting for ice time based on what they've shown so far. Throw Caleb Jones into that mix too. None of those players have proven they can handle the NHL full-time just yet. If we have De Haan and Z still around, those guys will take more minutes IMO, though I wish one of them is gone.