I for one am glad Ristolainen isn't traded, I always loved seeing him play. Him and McCabe can really punish opposing players and they make a good team.
I do get he went for balance though.
Mittelstadt and Sheary need a guy like Vesey on there line. He tried Sobotka there for a bit but it didn't work out so well.
And if you do put Samson on line 2 , you still got that gaping RW1 hole.
Our second line is still an issue though, Johansson is a nice player and he brings a certain calmness I like. He did set up Skinner a few times but I'm missing something on that line.
Personally i'd like to see oloffson - johansson - reinhart there.