I actually quite like Yzermans explanation as to why he doesn’t like to keep bringing up these kids and sending them down. Stay there, play well & succeed.
One’s gotta hope that at very least Holl & Petry hopefully get moved somehow? Waived, traded, bought out. I don’t know the repercussions of waiving or buying out but can’t be much worse than having them at our blue line. Ghost I hope stays, he plays such a different role on D for us, but I know his asking will be high.
One thing that very much made me nervous was Yzermans talk on goaltending. Noted too much pucks went in our net but thought goaltending was good and full team defence was not. Maybe I just took it that way? But I was really hoping to pull a Hail Mary for Swayman or what might a trade for Markstrom look like?
Even with Kane we would need another top 6 guy, which is never easy to get. Without Kane the mountain becomes much steeper. Burgers could replace Sprongs numbers but not Kanes. It’ll be very interesting to see what Yzerman actually does here.