Honestly, as much as i like Ras. If given the opportunity to get a legit second line center. I would package Ras up in a deal for one. Isnt Ras and Larkin the only holdovers from the Holland era?
Ras was one of Kenny’s last first round picks. He’s been a solid player so far in his career, but I don’t think he’s lived up to his 9th overall spot. Then again, he keeps progressing and getting better. I don’t mind keeping him on a bottom 6 role. He’s just been a first round guy who’s taken a little longer to develop, it happens.
Hopefully that can be Kasper with a nice training camp, and preseason. Lucas did it a few years back. Not a lot of people expected him to make the roster that year, and would probably sit in GR for a year like Seider did. But him and Seider ended up making the opening night roster together. Hopefully that happens again.
I wish that we'd have moved on from Ras. There's not one area that he excels at and we need big guys that know how to use their size because he is too weak, gets knocked down about as easy as DDK did, isn't a power forward, and simply doesn't deserve the contract he had or the extension he received. I trust Stevie Y completely but can't understand why Ras was retained. I know that Kenny, Mickey, and many others are impressed by this guy but we need better players who are gamers and Ras just isn't good enough.
