Unless Suter or Weber are moving before the deadline, this move doesn't do anything for them. They don't need an upgrade @ penalty killing. Slaney has a chance to be a decent bottom 6 fwd, but Geoffrion alone for Gil is a good deal. A 2nd rounder + Slaney (whom will @ worst make Hamilton better) is an absolute steal.
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With all due respect, any season but this one you'd be right. However, our PK is atrocious this season, and we have two pure rookies on defense. This trade was an absolute necessity for the playoffs.
I don't know if the regression of the PK has anything to do with Coach Peterson stepping down, but he was the defensive coach all those years when, even as an expansion team, Nashville had a pretty solid defense. Our defense is weak this season. Rinne is making them look better than they are. I thank God we have Rinne locked up for 7 years, and that we know he's not a one year wonder like Mason.
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