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He's still an undersized rookie. He's going to need a little time to lock down a regular spot in the lineup. Our defense isn't great, but he's still competing with guys who have had more than a decade of NHL experience. It's hard to take one of those roster spots...unless you're Simon Edvinsson.

Do we let these guys toil away in the bottom 6 or ditch them for players that are faster, bigger, tougher, stronger? I like homegrown talent, but these guys are bordering on just being homegrown as of now. Rasmussen Veleno Berggren Rasmussen only shows up once every 10 games. He let Panarin skate right by him and score last game, and that's not an isolated incident. Not sure why everyone has a hard on for this guy. He's average at best defensively and DOESN'T SCORE. I'm ok with our bottom six guys scoring 15-20 points a year so long as they're monsters on defense. Veleno has already topped out at 4th line center. I have zero issues with him playing 4th line center at a million a year for us for 20 more years. He's not a liability, and he hustles. But damn. This cat was Sidney Crosby at 15 years old. Berggren needs to decide if he wants to be an NHL player or go back to Sweden. He's WEAK. Not weak in like he has no talent. Weak in that he's a big hairy p u s s y. Why do our players never go from boys to men? They always seem to go from boys to boys with less zits. I've said it before, but GOD ALREAY - hire a weight training coach that knows how to turn boys into men. WTF is with this stupid shet in our organization? Every camp, they're always talking about nutrition and eating right. FACK all that. How about talking about getting these jackasses completely ripped out of their minds. I'd rather see Berggren suck as a 215 wrecking ball then watch him suck as a pimply 180 lb loser. Our strength and development program is a total failure. So what do we do with these players that once showed top 6 promise and are now teetering on getting let go or traded?

Ras might be the weakest 6'6 guy in the league. Soda Pop is the same except he has softer mitts. Veleno is perfect for the 4th line for a mil per I agree. BearGrin is trying....lol Yeah, if you can use them with picks to upgrade, do it.

I'd shop them all (plus picks) for a D upgrade (if possible) or a legit top 6 scoring forward. Who? I don't know.

Weird to see AlJo on the bench for two games in a row. I thought he was playing pretty solid D. Thoughts?