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I am very envious of the good young dmen the Habs have accumulated. The Blues don’t have anything close to that. They do have good young forwards and more coming but really lacking on young defender front.
Shoot we got em younger and Veterans
Basically for our LD its Hutson,Guhle,Xhekaj i'd say protect and RD Mailloux,Reinbacher and Barron
But could be persuaded on any RD not named Mailloux
Mathesons good now i think has 2 years left at like 150k under 5m ? and was at 45pts last i checked playing top 5 NHL minutes at 25+ a night (Top Pair)
Harris who's a great team guy who plays as well wil 11 minutes as he did with 22+ last year during Savard/Mathesons injuries.(Top 4)
Struble's a stud shot blocker who plays solid defensive hockey and hits like he's 4 inches and 50lbs bigger then he is will grow into a solid leader (#4/5 D Role player/Leader maybe)
Savard won a cup for a reason he was one of the best #4/5 D in the NHL blocking a ton of shots and playing solid minutes trusted by all his Coaches (#4/5 D Leader)
Kovacevic is a bottom pair 6'5 i believe 225lbs reliable Dman a lot like Edmunston was at his age playing a similar role (Bottom pair Leader)
Lesser known is Engstrom but he's my favorite of all our long shot players as he reminds me of Lehkonen personality wise and how he does media interviews right up to how Coaches talk about him. One story that stuck out was he works out so often they had to lock him out of the gym and send him home to force a rest because he was playing for 2 teams at the time bouncing back and forth so he was practicing with both. He'd get there at the crack of dawn to start training before first Practice and would train in between Practices in the Gym then after final practice again to the point a coach locked him out. Engstrom was miserable and didnt know what to do so he jogged around the build and the neighbourhood hahahaha. I doubt he'll make the team right away and he'll buy himself a few years here but as a LD he's kinda off man out unless he can knock of Xhekaj,Guhle or Hutson which i dont see happening. I'd much rather he take the Ron Hainsey path to a new team who has the minutes and time to give him as they have less depth.
Harris,Enstrom and a 2nd for Snugg's rights?(just a pitch )
It would address your needs with 1 NHL Pro and 1 SHL Pro coming to Laval after his Playoffs with COL 2nd for Snugg and D.Petersons rights (Expiring in Augusts when he becomes UFA)