No cap room to really sign anyone. Granlund and Smith are FA. Granlund* has been trash, and I'd rather keep SmithSo real question. With the craziness that this year has been. Who do you honestly believe does or does not get fired? Who gets traded away? Who gets signed? Or just roll into next year with what you got
Really at a crossroads, on the verge of being Minnesota and being pretty good for years without being a contender.No cap room to really sign anyone. Granlund and Smith are FA. Granlund* has been trash, and I'd rather keep Smith
Can't trade dead weight (Turris, Duchene, yes I'd trade him), unless you want to take pennies on the dollar (i.e, the Subban trade). I'd trade Johanson and Ellis too (we are too soft).
Hynes should be fired. Poile should be on the hot seat. Neither will manifest itself
*meanwhile Fiala is killing it in MINN
It's still kind of mind-boggling to me how it's been straight downhill since the Cup run. Yes, I know they won the Presidents' Trophy the regular season after that, but nobody really remembers that. It ended up being a relatively brief period of time that this team peaked - just the 2017 playoffs and the 2017-18 regular season. They looked like they were setting up for something much more sustainable than that.Really at a crossroads, on the verge of being Minnesota and being pretty good for years without being a contender.
Early end of all the long term deals so nobody is gonna jump without getting paid. Still good enough to ride a hot goaltender to the cup IMO.