Shinzaki

If you trade for EP...2nd line C between Cat and Kane. Mantha is a FA...bring him home to give Larkin and Raymond a bodyguard on the 1st line. Or get Bert back from the Blackhawks..proven chemistry with Larkin and Raymond

I could see not drafting McCoy at 17...maybe take shot at 50?

I think running James and Mazur on the bottom six would probably be an improvement 5 on 5 over the current mix and necessitate smaller improvements in the top 6

James is a good skater From the highlights I've seen..James is a pretty good skater...I'm not going to neg him for not being Alex DeBrincat. No one expects him to be that. Even if it's true that he's going to be scoring mostly by driving the net...we sure as hell need that on our roster. Our bottom six is occupied by a lot of guys who shy away from physical hockey and they have a tendency to float through games. Again..from what I've seen, James would provide us with some of what we're missing on the bottom six

Of all the guys I've heard connected to them...including McCoy...the one I'm least interested in is Proctor. I'm actually warming up to the idea of taking McCoy

Curious why you think he has limited skill? He scored 21 in 40 college games...and he's a very good skater. I think he profiles as a bottom six wing and PK

Dylan James scored two last night...I had Finnie as a darkhorse to make the team last year, I think James will be a great under the radar bottom six guy next year

We'll take that POS Adam Fantilli off their hands...and that Werenski bum. Realistically...former 1st rd pick Kent Johnson tailed off badly this year...maybe we could get him. I'm sure Ken Daniels would love to have another UM guy to talk about

I'm not giving Todd a free pass...your team completely tanks down the stretch two years in a row? Sure the roster is flawed...but they appeared to lack motivation over much of the last two months. That's at least partly on him. If they do start relying more on younger players...I do not think he's they man to integrate them quickly

Seider and Edvinsson both made great passes to set up goals. Shame our forwards limit their opportunities to do that more frequently

I would love to see 77 get more involved offensively...

Why was Copp on the ice in OT? Finnie is a much better skater and a bigger offensive threat. Why wasn't Cat on the ice to start OT? Rymond is obviously dealing with something..Cat is by far our most explosive forward It's true that the players are at fault for their inconsistent effort...but it's not like the coach is blameless. Speaking of effort...did JVR even want to score on that shootout? Looked very nonchalant

Chains is off to a great start at Toledo

Tolu Smith can rebound ....I don't know what Klintman could do

Benetti telling Daniella they would ask her to roam the stands looking for random people...and they would call it the "Wild Bruce Chase" made me laugh..and I don't laugh easily