Parise takes a spot for one of the kids to grow

We arent in grow mode at this point. If we were, then you don’t trade for Toffoli and Miller. You let Holtz and Nemec play in those spots.

Right or wrong , we are building a roster with the goal of winning a Cup. It is far from guarenteed that Holtz and Foote are both ready to be strong players on a Cup lineup. This is just competition for them and insurance so that we arent one injury or poor performance away from Lazar, Foote, and Holtz in the lineup every game.

If they outplay Zach then by all means sit his ass. At one year 800k there really is no allegiance to him. But if he plays well he could be a great 4th liner. Really zero risk.

I like this move a lot. It give us flexibility and at Zach’s age, he won’t be playing 82 games so the kids will have plenty of chances to get playing time and potentially take his spot.