E.L. wrote:
If Ryan and Anderson can rebound even just a little things won't be so dire next season. Duchene too ended up having a better time fitting in here than Turris in Nashville, we're he's seemingly buried.
Chabot's a future star and White too maybe. I can't stand Stone and Hoffman, which means they're probably good.
Plucked a good one in Wolanin too, but they need to get Methot back or someone steady to play with Karlsson.
What's the deal with Gabbo? Actually scored a bit in Ottawa.
Well, not to look a gift horse in the mouth since Sam Girard alone makes the trade almost a steal by himself, but I could see the Sens having another surprising resurgence and bumping that 2019 draft pick into the lower non-lottery portion of the standings. Even so, a 1st is a 1st and the Avs better get full value out of it.
At the very least, Craig Anderson will need to be at least halfway decent, but at 37 I don't know how much he has left in the tank. Even if Condon finds HIS form again, he's not good enough to be a starter. And while I remain a big Matty Duchene fan, he's not the elite gamebreaker I think the Sens want him to be. He is a very good player, but not quite on that level. And then of course there's the whole Karlsson situation...no idea how that one will unfold.
As for Gaborik and Ryan, unless they start wrapping Bobby's hands in chain mail and Gabby in bubble wrap both those guys are gonna miss a ton of time once again. And as much as I like Pageau, it's a bit much to ask him to really be a top-six forward.
Colin White and Thomas Chabot might be ace prospects, but they also don't strike me as big-time stars. There's also big Logan Brown, who looks ready to make the jump. Rumor has it that the Avs passing him up in the draft in favor of Tyson Jost was one big reason Patrick Roy left the organization less than two months later.