Lots of people complaining about keeping him and not upgrading his roster spot. But we have 2-3 forward spots now available (depending on whether you consider 12 or 13 forwards).
Looking back through the whole rebuild, I can only think of a handful of players (especially bottom 6) that we brought in that didn’t just immediately become the new whipping boy.
I think we have the opportunity to trade for 1 forward who is high end and can challenge for top 6 minutes, 1 trade or signing for a bottom 6 “identity guy”, and 1 high end rookie if they prove ready. I don’t really think it’s that critical that we also swap Girgensons with something else, because there’s not that much out there likely to be available unless we want to sell the entire farm.
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I’m a big fan of Z and glad we didn’t dump him off for a conditional 6th rounder.
Zemgus post? Just going to leave this here for everyone.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYSRbeYswGQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYSRbeYswGQ)
Lots of people complaining about keeping him and not upgrading his roster spot. But we have 2-3 forward spots now available (depending on whether you consider 12 or 13 forwards).
Looking back through the whole rebuild, I can only think of a handful of players (especially bottom 6) that we brought in that didn’t just immediately become the new whipping boy.
I think we have the opportunity to trade for 1 forward who is high end and can challenge for top 6 minutes, 1 trade or signing for a bottom 6 “identity guy”, and 1 high end rookie if they prove ready. I don’t really think it’s that critical that we also swap Girgensons with something else, because there’s not that much out there likely to be available unless we want to sell the entire farm.