Looking at a similar situation before the 2015-16 season, Francis opportunistically added Kris Versteeg as short-term top 9 help on the cheap while mostly sticking to the task of rebuilding the prospect pool. Starting at the 2014-15 season and a lineup that would need to include at least three from Riley Nash, Chris Terry, Nathan Gerbe, Patrick Dwyer and Andrej Nestrasil in the top 9 forwards, Francis mostly stood pat. Francis’ mindset was mostly to be patient and restock the prospect pool (which he did) and opportunistically make a few additions. Especially before the 2014-15 season the holes were numerous, and Francis was very much in long-term rebuilding mode anyway. This exercise is significantly different than the past couple years. Three long years gradually building depth The starting point is figuring out what the team needs to improve over the 2016-17 campaign and push up into the playoffs. I promised myself that I would not fully dive into building the 2017-18 Carolina Hurricanes lineup until June, but Ron Francis started early by acquiring and signing Scott Darling, so I might as well start a day early too.
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