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I completely agree. While he'd be an upgrade over Weber, that's not saying much. I am completely confident in the group of: Ristolainen, Zadorov, McCabe, Pysyk, and McNabb. :) Even if they add another horse like Ekblad, this defense has all the pieces to be elite level home grown. To include Ehrhoff and Myers.

Congrats to Varone! I will say that I never thought I would see him called up unless of an emergency. This does not discount his contribution to the Amerks. I just didn't see him outside of a bench guy.

Compher looks like a wise investment, regardless of the loss of Andrej Sekera. He reminds me of a gritty Bo Horvat type. Keep it up!

Honestly, it has to be Reinhart, who sees the ice better than most of the other forward high end draft picks. I love Ekblad and watched as much of the World Juniors to see him and Reinhart together. Reinharts play would definitely fit in the Blue and Gold. Here's hoping that while Nolan is doing a good job competing that we can fail enough to keep it where it needs to be. Also if Edmonton wins another f***ing draft lottery, I might as well pull out my hair. While they should take Ekblad, you never know. Their GM MacTavish is quite a bafoon. Ristolainen in terms of his offense is much more polished at this stage of the game than Zadorov. Both have their upsides in different aptitudes. Zadorov in my opinion has more of a shot from the point on the PP and is more physical. Whereas Ristolainen is more smooth in his ability when in his own zone. Just as much of a matchup nightmare, he hits his spots more clearly. Ristolainen is much further a long in the process than Zaddy is. It's so great to have both in the system. It at least fluidly injects some life into the back end for years to come. Combine that with Jake McCabe at Wisconsin and this team is going to be special infront of the net. If this is the Tyler Myers we have for the forseeable future, we're going to be good there. Peppering in more options to strengthen it out is always an option but the forward group is just a mess at the moment. I like Compher, Hurley and Armia a bit, but there are still major question marks. They SHOULD trade Moulson and Miller.

I went, Blues, Senators, Kings, Oilers for choice one, and Blues also for choice 2. My reasoning for the Blues mainly is because if management truly believes they are on the precipice of a Stanley Cup, I believe they will do everything to ascertain it. Ryan Miller makes too much sense for them. Between the likes of Ty Rattie, Dmitraj Jaskin, and other options they make sense for a potential fit. The second most likely fit is Edmonton, but that depends on the development of the Scrivens trade. All in all like most I would say that the more right on answer is St. Louis. LA has the outside chance in the Moulson market with forwards like Toffoli, Zykov, Pearson, Vey and secondary guys like Shore. I'm more in the liking to trading Ryan Miller now while he's of value and giving the shot to Enroth. He's been solid when Miller has been injured and is still in his later 20's (goalie prime). Ottawa has a few options, but what's likely there outside of the connection with the Murray family. Anaheim, again great group, but do they really need Miller? I would likely say they'd be more interested in defense if that. Yes many of the posts on another board, to not be named stated that Toffoli in a deal for a rental player is not only unacceptable, but down right unnecessary. I'm personally okay with Vey, Pearson and Zykov (also a guy LA fans would not be a fan of moving.). If the right incentive came back, thank you for your time Mr. Moulson, I still love your game. I'm also definitely all about showing Stafford the door. He's the classic, shows up when it's money time and disappear otherwise at all times. I've never been convinced of him being anything but inconsistent.

I believe the course is to take the side of patience, unless the return makes complete sense. There is no point in trading Grigorenko while he's only 20 if he can rebound. He just has to keep his work ethic up, and prove to the Sabres brass that he should be up with the team. The CAA/NHL agreement is a bit of a joke. But, it is what it is. Here's hoping for a renewed vigor and some step in his game. He does not belong in the Q, and it is heinous that he's down. However, I truly believe in giving him the chance to prove himself through his play, heading into next season.

First time poster. He's hopefully resilient enough to take this as a jump step back to push aside any doubters of his.