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2 more years for Greene and one for Lovejoy. Hopefully just in time for some youth.

Henrique signing means we get Anaheim's 3rd this year, correct? Another piece for Shero.

Yeah, which is the exact reason I'm not worried about the lack of moves so far. Teams will start feeling the pinch as training camp goes on and Shero has the cap space to make a steal or two.

Hahah... the dating analogies And yeah, I agree with your point. Lou was all about winning. Had he won that 2012 cup, the mess that followed may not have been so bad. Unfortunately , his stubbornness left Ray with a pretty empty cupboard (which Ray has done an amazing job of re-stocking)

I think Nico takes another step. Hopefully Bratt can keep it up for a full season this year. I think a full year of Mojo helps. Zacha needs to show something as well. On the backend, Butcher should continue to bring offense. One of Mueller or Severson need to show improvement. I also think we'll have one of the young guys surprise us. Anderson, McLeod, Quenneville, etc. Plus I don't Ray is done at all. He's being patient.

Well yeah, that was a huge problem with DeBoer and Lou. They went with veterans always. I think they should have kept Stralman and dumped crappy Mark Fraser, but they thought Stralman might hang around until there was a spot on the roster. I was just pointing out that almost all of those defensemen you listed were 2 wins from a cup, so they might not have been THAT far off on their evaluation.

As said before, Stralman did alright in camp, but didn't take anyones spot. He stepped up big part way through that season with the Rangers.

That defense plus Zidlicky made it to the finals.

Not to be too cliche, but thats why they play the season. You never know what can happen. Vegas, for example. Or Montreal falling like a rock after a 100 point season in 2016-2017.

Except the islanders now that Lou is in town

Clearly he knows a security guard at Prudential Center who also used to work at the Meadowlands.

Looks better than me. Which isn't saying much.

Its best to just stick to the reputable sources. There's a million of those hockeyinsideerrrrrr type twitters out there that just want clicks

He might have some but most of the rest of that contract will look ugly

It's easy to decide who should have been picked years after the draft. I'll never understand the 20/20 hindsight that people use.