I think the funniest thing about all of this is acquiring Tavares, knowing we need a center, and then playing him at 3LW lmao.

Yeah I was like what lol.

Lol, I didnt put a ton of thought into it but also didn't want to take CMM or Lappy out at Center

I don't hate it but I think that money is so much better spent at D. AA-Bear as the 3rd pair next year would be disastrous and I don't think Sandin is the answer at 2d

Not gonna lie, this is not all that bad. HOWEVER, JT should me moved to 4th line center and the caps should ask for draft picks, a prospect, or Liljegren instead of Kampf. If TOR bombs in the playoffs and JT underperforms, this is a low-key savvy move.

To be fair tho, Alexyev has looked really good the past 2 weeks or so. Which is surprising given I thought he had already hit his ceiling more or less

Bear I will give the benefit of the doubt to until he gets a full offseason with the club (but yea haven't liked his play here)

I think both of them have been at times and certainly could be next year fine 3rd pairing defenseman. Still doesn't solve the problem that they have a #2 (Carlson), two 4s (Sandin, Fehervary), two 5s (Jensen, TVR) and two 6s (AA, Bear).

Would love to bring in a Skjei/Pesce/Hanifin and get another real top pair guy they've been missing since (correctly) moving on from Orlov