Darcy has made some terrific moves and drafted very well for the past few years given our budget constraints. To be fair, however, that 2nd round pick he got for Mika sure helped us when we kept losing D-men in the playoffs.
Grier and McKee were good players, not great players. But they brought a physical presence to the ice every night and our team needs to replace that. Also, I'm a little concerned about the apparent references by Grier and Briere about Buffalo being committed to winning. Show some love with long term contracts. I think that would send a message to the locker room that the team was committed to winning.
Doling out a few L-T contracts and signing a couple of guys who bring it every night, physically, would make a huge difference towards building on last year's momentum.