I think the one-year deals are a huge positive tbh. these are not mistakes that will linger. well reaves might linger but it's minimal.
bert and domi are good signings no matter what at that price imo.
Klingberg we can literally just waive, which will give us enough room to keep Timmins et al even if he doesn't get claimed and i think give us enough room to carry an extra forward too and pressbox reaves most of the time. if he isn't claimed, we can pay most of his salary and then dump him for a lower pick later on when we need the capspace at the deadline.
there might even be upside here if there were voices in the room that were strongly against the klingberg and reaves signings, who Brad might listen to a bit more closely going forward. IF there were, of course. (there must have been tho, no?).
And you know, Dumba might not be as bad as I thought anymore. More defensive than offensive now. Heavy dzone starts and PK duty now.
5v5
'23: 18:25, +2.4dzs%, 50.2xgf% (-0.9rel)
'24: 15:46, +7.8dzs%, 52.6xgf% (+0.1rel)
decent in tough usage.
also, in the playoffs last year it was the Brodin-Dumba pair that got it's ice time bumped up as Minny's shutdown pairing, and he played the 2nd most minutes (whereas klingberg played 4 playoffs games for them as their #6D and then was replaced by Jon Merrill).
So more of a Holl level guy but with more of an edge. Nothing great but probably a useful fit, price-depending. He signed for 1yr $3.9 so it's a bit strange that brad would end up paying more for a guy he apparently liked less.