They seem to be going in the right direction....except for the Bolland signing. Even Garth Snow wouldn't have signed him for 5 million a year for 5 years.
Yeah, I was a bit bummed about that, but its not that bad. And having Barkov, Bjugstad, Bolland, and MacKenzie as our four centers is fine by me. It does make things interesting in the future though, because we have guys like Shore and Trocheck ready to play that center role for the Panthers. With Tallon being allowed to spend now, I expect one of those two will be used as trade bait, to land us either a top four Dman, or top six winger.
One thing is for certain though, teams are going to have a tough time going against the 6-4 Barkov, followed by the 6-6 Bjugstad, at center. Barkov reminds me of a young Sundin, and Bjugstad looks like a better goal scoring Getzlaf.