Quoting: Dekes
dallas probably only does that if klingberg doesn't resign, might also need to retain a mill.
i highly doubt forsberg has montreal as a team of interest and i don't know why montreal would want him they are clearly in a massive rebuild and he would only delay them from getting better picks and giving young players opportunites, signing forsberg to that price also puts them in a cap crunch and i just don't think he is enough to make montreal competitive enough to compete with Bos, Tampa, Florida and Leafs for a PO spot
i think this season is the beginning of a rather big rebuild for montreal and i wouldn't be surprised if montreal sold on gallagher, price, dvorak, anderson, edmunson throughout the offseason and TD.
i also think offering romanov 4 mill would be a mistake
- he's has been a turnover machine this season
-he plays to aggressive and often takes himself out of the play
- his base stats like hits and blocked shots look impressive but all his advanced analytics like xGA/ xGF, Corsi/ Fenwick, WAR%, even strength defence and offence % are all terrible. He kind of reminds me of Risto at points in both his 2 seasons his even strength defence% were below 25% but atleast last year his offence was at 81% this year it is at 42%. the only analytic he has truly stood out in is his PK%
I don't know how much you watch, but the last decade has involved coaches with strategies that force the defense to turnover pucks.
Ducharme was especially bad, as he had our D initiating body contact over playing the puck, and wrapping it around the boards to forwards that were stationary high in the zone, resulting in a lot of turnovers on the half boards in the D zone.
I wouldn't look too much into turnover stats here.
He's a work in progress, but he is showing improvement. The gamble is bridging him and he greatly improves, resulting in a bigger contract within a couple years, or going long term and risking his performance not living up to his contract.
I think the latter is worth the risk, but even if it doesn't work out, it's not difficult to move a young, physical D. Teams are always willing to give one a chance in a different setting.