- I absolutely hate to give up Formenton but this gives the Sens the ingredients to build a very competitive top-6
I'd personally go like this. I know, I am very bullish on Greig. that 3rd line could be insane too. Or Greig with Pinto and Brown could be very nice too, but experience would be low
Greig - Stutzle - Batherson
Tkachuk - Norris - Fiala
Joseph - Pinto - Brown
- I hope they don't make that kind of move for getting rid of Zaitsev. Just buy him out instead or even bury him in the NHL. Picks are very valuable too ($)
- Del Zotto will have only 1 year left at 2.0, some team will give up a pick for him. He has 37 pts in 43 AHL/NHL games this season
Quoting: dannibalcorpse
My heart says yes but I think it'll be more because one of the teams you'd expect to be contenders next year falls apart (thinking 1/2 of the Boston/Washington/Pittsburgh/NYI(please no) falling out of contention).
I do think they make a push even if you keep Formenton over Fiala - the one area I'd really want to upgrade is goalie. Find a good 1B for Forsberg, whether it's a rejuvenated Matt Murray or an outside acquisition, and then I think you've really got a stew going.
Rejuvenated in the sense that he is being given a new body? He is very injury prone at this point and concussion/head injuries are concerning, to the point where I'm actually wondering if he gets cleared to play contact hockey again