Quoting: Knuckl3s
It should, so is Ryan Graves just gonna walk at the end of the year?
I would think so. If NJD has Hughes, Nemec, Mukhamadullin all arriving in next year or so....and at least one of Bahl/Okhotiuk making the jump to full-time NHLer.
Before we acquired Marino and drafted Nemec, the conventional wisdom was that Severson extends right away, Graves plays this year and becomes trade deadline bait (if we're out) or walks (if he hold). But our Def depth chart is getting a little RD-heavy, so maybe it goes other way around.
LD
Siegenthaler
Graves (UFA 2023)
Smith (UFA 2024)
Hughes (can play RD)
Okhotiuk
Bahl
Edwards
(maybes: Vilen, Orlov, Vukojevic, Misyul)
RD
Hamilton
Severson (UFA 2023)
Walsh (can play LD)
Marino
Nemec
Mukhamadullin
Casey
(maybes: McCarthy, Leddy, Hurtig)