I'm writing my affirmation of Jarred Tinordi and Greg "The General" Pateryn. Get those boys apartments, permanent mailing addresses, housemaids, pet watchers, personal cooks, and anything else they need to make their lives comfortable here. It would be a crime if the season started and Frankie Bou Bou or my favourite Raphael Diaz or Douglas Murray had roster spots ahead of these fantastic young players. You would be doing a disservice to your club not having these two on permanently! Sure you would be biting the proverbial bullet on their respective contracts, but think of the money you'd save on those cheap young players.
I would also like to refer Michael Bournival to start the fourth line and to keep Mike Blunden up as your extra. A fourth line of Bournival-White-Prust would be equal to the winning formula so beautifully executed by the Chicago Blackhawks in their recent Stanley Cup run. And when Prust rovers up to the other lines, Blunden can step in. The combinations exude grit and energy with offensive capabilities and defensive prowess. So much more useful than wasting a seat to the standard face puncher. And as much as I love Travis Moen or George Parros, the future is now.
Play the kids. You won't regret it. Also get that other group to observe what this group was doing right on the penalty kill. I dare say, more PK on the PK maybe? Quite the revelation eh? Only took you a year to figure that out. Just like eradicating that god awful diamond formation.
Sincerely,
N31
Call him small, Bournival will CRUSH YOU.