Thomas Townsend: A Look Toward the Off Season: Part 2

I'm not convinced any of those guys, except maybe Hall, can drive play on their own. And they are on the wrong side of the hill !!
They don't tilt the ice, like Panarin did, which is what I'm expecting.
None of them are worth a big $$, long term contract. Walk away.
I'd love to see JK use our surplus of D-men (preferably Nutivarra, and one of Murray/Savard), also some of our young wings, to get a top-six forward in the 24-25 y.o. range. Maybe even use our goalie depth . . . I would trade Korpi if it would bring back a 1st rounder - or enable us to move up in the draft . . . inside the top-10.

Thomas Townsend: A Look Toward the Off Season: Part 2
- Thomas Townsend

Marleau is a hard no, also i'm sure his buddy Joe Thornton has some choice words concerning Torts and their feud.

Hall just looks like the makings of a Horton 2.0, power forward but on the wrong side of 30.

I'd say maybe Dandonov, but not above 6 million...

Hard to see Hall getting $10 million per year. He had a great year in NJ, and did good in Edmonton under trying circumstances. But he's been much less than advertised in Phoenix this year.

Great try on the UFA list, but those are slim, slim pickings.