With Voracek, Suter, Benn, Marchand, Edler, etc gone via trades, will the 'Men slowly fade as the season runs out? Or, rather, will they return to the level of play they enjoyed in the start of the season, where with an admittedly modest amount of talent, they played a solid defensive game combined with the steady play of Devan Dubnyk and "just enough" offense to prevail more often than not?
With the 6th lowest payroll going forward, the team should be on solid footing come the off season, when they're expected to be players in the annual UFA Bidding frenzy. "I suspect we'll be looking for some solid dmen, maybe two, a 2nd line winger and then some grinders for our bottom six roles." said GM Bill Corfield.
Players not expected to return include forwards Alex Steen and Tom Kuhnhakl as well as veteran defensemen Dan Girardi and Johnny Oduya.
Negotiations are already underway with Center Sidney Crosby. It is expected Crosby will be offered a 4 year, $36,000,000 million dollar contract remain with Dayton for the rest of his career. RFAS's expected to be offered contracts include Goalie Laurent Brossoit, forwards Evgeny Kuznetsov, Jared McCann and Daniel Sprong. Dmen expected to be resigned are Michael Del Zotto and Erik Gustafsson.
"Don't forget we'll have Danny Sprong for the entire season. The move to Anaheim seemed good for him but he's still a ways away from a top six job, that's for sure..." said Corfield...
The Dayton net seems stable with Dubnyk, Brossoit and Subban handling the duties.
GM Corfield is hoping to see some playoff revenue come in from a playoff series or two. "Two series would get us at least $4.5M bucks which could sign us 3-4 of our bottom six guys, Yes, that would be great."
Never a dull moment in Southwest Ohio, is it?
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