this does not address the fundamental issues with the team: the left side behind pettersson is broken and needs a stay-at-home defense-first defender, the bottom 6 lacks speed and scoring, and is largely unproven. there was little to suggest that cookie should play higher than the 4th line, there was little to suggest that rickard rakell could function on the 3rd line (or any line, until he played with geno and bunts), and throwing an unholy amount of cash at sam reinhart will cripple the teams long-term flexibility in fixing any one of these issues. and yes, i understand the desire for youth in the b6. i like the idea of pono. i like bemstrom a bit. liked puusty's playmaking but he needs to shoot more and get to the middle of the ice more. would like to see some combo of them play with a vet, perhaps if you can find a 3C upgrade and move eller to 4C, then you have something.

yes, but what about just having fun?

well if its about having fun why not acquire mitch marner from the leafs for primanti bros and steelers tickets? XD

because everyone knows steeler tickets have no value!

I get it it's almost like Dubas recreating 4 huge cap hits like in TOR.
Crosby, EK, Reinhart.... you just need 1 more guy cost to 10 mil.

well if steelers tix are worthless then you might as well break into someone's car and leave em some pirates tickets in the passenger seat XD

you might get in trouble for leaving a stink bomb in there. The bomb squad doesn't like to waste their time on those prank calls