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Trade Corrado for Clifford and Nolan.(Nolan 6'3 225.)

Sign Tanev, Fistric, and Alberts.

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Higgins-Gaunce-Burrows

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Santorelli/Nolan

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Hamhuis-Bieksa

Fistric-Tanev

Alberts/Weber.

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Lack/Eriksson.

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Kassian is a 13th overall pick from 4 years ago, he's not Byron Bitz.

If we want our young players to have success, they need to be given opportunities to work through their struggles.

The approach of making them earn their way up from the fourth line is no longer gonna work.

Kassian was on fire in the month of January, but then went on a 3 game pointless streak and was demoted. That's not gonna do anything to help his confidence. He needs to be in the top 6 with good players if we want him to become the player he's capable of.

This video doesn't even include his beauty shootout goal and his multiple fights.

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And my point was that he was earning his spot with 5 goals in 6 games last season. Dropping him to the fourth line after that was the wrong message to be sending.

Hopefully Tortorella will have more common sense than that next season. AV clearly had his favorites that he was gonna play no matter what. That's a hard system to preach accountability and motivate young players under.

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Now we're takin. This is the kind of balance we need. With this lineup Kassian can be moved around a bit, depending on how he's playing, and the younger guys will still get in the lineup, when there are injuries, which takes some pressure off.

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For the right price almost any player can be a good addition to a team. For the wrong price they can be an absolute nightmare.

2 year deal would be nice. That way if he has a good season, but wants more money we can trade him in the offseason or at the 2015 deadline. sign for 1.2, he has a 25 goal season, trade for a second and a B level prospect in 2015.

Or he tanks and we waive him.

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Shame, he could be signed cheaply (2M like Penner) and is capable of a break-out season which is more likely on a good team and new location. Plus he's very versatile, can play center, kill penalties and play anywhere in the lineup.

Sedin - Sedin - Kassian

Burrows - Kesler - Booth

Hansen - Boyes - Higgins

Jensen - Richardson - Santorelli

Weise

That is a very solid top-9. Our 3rd line is essentially a 2nd line on most NHL teams which means that we could sustain 3 injuries to our top-6 (as many teams do at some stage in the season) and be perfectly fine. This is when guys like Jensen, Gaunce etc. would play more.

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