I love the notion of leaving some space- as Sweeney states -for players to fill in the gap(s). Go for it! Ice time is a great resource, particularly on a stage like Boston. Many players- that they already have -can pot between 10-20 goals playing on a scoring line. Can they do the rest? Of course, there could easily be surprises. They took on a lot of new players who have upside. Trades happen throughout the year. Regardless, I love what they addressed and am looking forward to how it plays out.
Most of the open space we have now is going to go to Swayman if they can get a longterm deal done. Assuming he signs for 7x7.5 we really only have about ~1mill to spend and then you wanna keep like 800k-1.5m for flexibility in season so you don't ever run into that issue the leafs had where they couldn't call anyone up at the end of the season
I like the free agent signing of Lindholm and Max Jones. Don't really know the other players that well. I don't care for the Zadorov signing. He is not worth the deal they gave him in my opinion.
Reminds me of Zdeno Chara and Marc Savard Part 2 Free Agency.
I love the notion of leaving some space- as Sweeney states -for players to fill in the gap(s). Go for it! Ice time is a great resource, particularly on a stage like Boston. Many players- that they already have -can pot between 10-20 goals playing on a scoring line. Can they do the rest? Of course, there could easily be surprises. They took on a lot of new players who have upside. Trades happen throughout the year. Regardless, I love what they addressed and am looking forward to how it plays out.
Most of the open space we have now is going to go to Swayman if they can get a longterm deal done. Assuming he signs for 7x7.5 we really only have about ~1mill to spend and then you wanna keep like 800k-1.5m for flexibility in season so you don't ever run into that issue the leafs had where they couldn't call anyone up at the end of the season
This is going to be an interesting year
Wonder what number Zadorov is gonna wear since Rick's #16 is in the rafters.
I like the free agent signing of Lindholm and Max Jones. Don't really know the other players that well. I don't care for the Zadorov signing. He is not worth the deal they gave him in my opinion.
I don’t mind having the biggest blue line in the league though