Austin Kent

Good thread.

The signing I am most excited about, believe it or not, is Flip. I like to think I've always been a subscriber to the theory that a player doesn't just lose their game over night. I remember when Murray just broke on to the scene in Seattle after the GP-RA trade, now you can argue that any player can score when given the opportunity till your blue in the face, but at the end of the day, I think he will be the offense off the bench that we have been lacking for a few years now.

He wasn't that great last year in Cleveland, but when Hughes went out he was kind of thrust into the starting role, right in the middle of the series. I wouldn't write him off just because he couldn't get the ball rolling. If anything, that series was a blessing in disguise because I'm sure it took his value down. Great signing.

I like Mohammed and the more I think about it the more I like it. I was sketchy at first because it was so quick, it almost looked like Joe D just did it to show Ben we won't miss him. What I am excited about is that now we can play five on five, this past half decade was the longest penalty kill in sports history.