Maybe it's the case of beer speaking, but I'm not going to rake them over the coals for the draft picks yet. The by the book approach under Chiarelli yielded poor results. I won't pretend to know anything about the kids in the draft not named McDavid and Eichel. Pastrnak last year was a bit of an off the board selection, and that seems to have panned out. Who really knows. Projecting these kids is tough.
The trades though....man. Hard to see what was accomplished today. The roster is significantly worse and the salary cap situation wasn't rectified. Hard to see a clear, distinct direction here. I guess the roster, as of now is:
Eriksson - Krejci - Pastrnak
Marchand - Bergeron - Connolly
Kelly - Spooner - Smith
Talbot/Kempainnen/other guys
Chara - McQuaid
Seidenberg - Krug
Morrow - Miller
Rask
Jones
They need a lot of work.
The trades though....man. Hard to see what was accomplished today. The roster is significantly worse and the salary cap situation wasn't rectified. Hard to see a clear, distinct direction here. I guess the roster, as of now is:
Eriksson - Krejci - Pastrnak
Marchand - Bergeron - Connolly
Kelly - Spooner - Smith
Talbot/Kempainnen/other guys
Chara - McQuaid
Seidenberg - Krug
Morrow - Miller
Rask
Jones
They need a lot of work.