JamesNorthern
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Liked to start a thread focusing on our defense, or lack thereof *snicker*
Assuming we do go ahead and draft the third ranked overal player in Noah Hanifin, this puts the team in a good position albeit still dreadfully thin in depth. Let's face it, only time will tell if the likes of H. Fleury and Roland McKeown will make it to the parent club.
That being said, nice to contemplate the team potentially turning it around and having better fortunes on D.
How good is Roland McKeown? Was there a reason the Kings gave him up other than to get a quality defenseman in Sekera in return? (to help them try, unsuccessfully as it turned out, to make the playoffs) If he is decent, any idea on projections of when to expect him at the NHL level? I have read that the guy comes with lots of character, leader type, fairly competitive too.
Otherwise, nothing set in stone for any of those players futur's with us. In the meantime... the offseason free agent period is shaping up to be pretty good with some very attractive defenseman going UFA. Said to be thin for forwards, but good for defenseman. I can't see us breaking the bank for the most sought after, but are there any, hell ONE defenseman in the coming crop of available free agents that we could potentially take a stab at and land?
Francois Beauchemin
Paul Martin
Cody Franson
Mike Green
Here's a recent list:
http://www.mynhltraderumors.com/2014/11/25/2015-nhl-free-agents-unrestricted-defensemen/
Discuss
Assuming we do go ahead and draft the third ranked overal player in Noah Hanifin, this puts the team in a good position albeit still dreadfully thin in depth. Let's face it, only time will tell if the likes of H. Fleury and Roland McKeown will make it to the parent club.
That being said, nice to contemplate the team potentially turning it around and having better fortunes on D.
How good is Roland McKeown? Was there a reason the Kings gave him up other than to get a quality defenseman in Sekera in return? (to help them try, unsuccessfully as it turned out, to make the playoffs) If he is decent, any idea on projections of when to expect him at the NHL level? I have read that the guy comes with lots of character, leader type, fairly competitive too.
Otherwise, nothing set in stone for any of those players futur's with us. In the meantime... the offseason free agent period is shaping up to be pretty good with some very attractive defenseman going UFA. Said to be thin for forwards, but good for defenseman. I can't see us breaking the bank for the most sought after, but are there any, hell ONE defenseman in the coming crop of available free agents that we could potentially take a stab at and land?
Francois Beauchemin
Paul Martin
Cody Franson
Mike Green
Here's a recent list:
http://www.mynhltraderumors.com/2014/11/25/2015-nhl-free-agents-unrestricted-defensemen/
Discuss