Guys, although we are still in the playoff race, I have to put into question the future of the team. Where do we go from here? What's the organization's plan? Enough talk about the team's heartless efforts because that is reality. I'm speaking of Kovalev's heart = should we keep him?/ Koivu's ability & Salary = should he become a Juneau type player?/ Our Goaltending? - Are we satisfied with this tanden next season / Our defense? - Are Dandy, Streit keepers? / The players that just don't perform and take cap space like Bonk & Zednik etc. - trade them or just demote them?
GOAL: Let's go forward with the two guys we have. Let's re-sign them to 1 to 1.5 million, around 3 million for both
Defence: We need to sign a #1 defenceman, leaving Markov as #2, Souray #3, Rivet #4, Komi #5, Dandy #6, Bouillon #7
Forwards: Keepers are Ryder, Higgins, Pleks, Perez, Koivu, Bulis, Begin and Kovalev. We are missing 4 players up front and these 4 players need to be able to score and put up points.
Therefore, in my opinion we are 5 players away from being comfortably in the playoffs.
GOAL: Let's go forward with the two guys we have. Let's re-sign them to 1 to 1.5 million, around 3 million for both Defence: We need to sign a #1 defenceman, leaving Markov as #2, Souray #3, Rivet #4, Komi #5, Dandy #6, Bouillon #7 Forwards: Keepers are Ryder, Higgins, Pleks, Perez, Koivu, Bulis, Begin and Kovalev. We are missing 4 players up front and these 4 players need to be able to score and put up points. Therefore, in my opinion we are 5 players away from being comfortably in the playoffs.
At first thought, 5 players seem impossible BUT now that I think of it, it's very possible through either our farm team, a trade, free agency etc. It should be an interesting summer.