Look at Vegas... Made it to the finals with other teams 20-25 year old rejects and a few veterans.
I want to see what we have in Poehling, Kotkaniemi and some others and also factor in a full season of Weber and a Price playing a bit more like Price before I totally give up on the season.
Fools hope? Maybe but I am not going to give up in advance.
Worst case I hope we get alot of pics for next years draft and stack up on more potential star players.
Armia another fin.
Mason in worst case has a contract that ends after this year.
Decent insurance if, God help us, Price goes down again.
Best case he plays well and can be traded for a 2nd rounder or something at the deadline with retained salary.
Toews is on the down part of his career and would cost us too much.
maybe Weber for Toews would make sense if we can sign some UFA Dmen but I dont see the hawks doing that one.
If we can give Price 10.5 and PK 9 then we for sure can give JT 12-13/year.
And I promise it will be worth it.
He makes 2-3M/year wingers look like 6,7,8M/year wingers.
Thats why he is worth the money.