Pope will be a fine Re signing.
He finished 7th in Scoring despite being taken off of the powerplay that he was on constantly the year before, yes there was a time where it looked like he lost some confidence in front of goal, but he was arguably our most influential forward in the last 4 weeks of the season. And he seemed to have found some Chemistry with Dixon and Linglet.
He's obviously someone who wants to be here, and has the potential to be his own replacement, he has the ability to gain an extra 15 - 20 points. Let's get behind him to do so.
He finished 7th in Scoring despite being taken off of the powerplay that he was on constantly the year before, yes there was a time where it looked like he lost some confidence in front of goal, but he was arguably our most influential forward in the last 4 weeks of the season. And he seemed to have found some Chemistry with Dixon and Linglet.
He's obviously someone who wants to be here, and has the potential to be his own replacement, he has the ability to gain an extra 15 - 20 points. Let's get behind him to do so.
This is an aging squad so I think we should take the Belfast route and go with younger placements who are just as good. If Strachan and Carson come (I’d make an exception in terms of age) then that’ll strengthen the D. Also have Riley over Pope. The other alternative is to play Reddick as a forward.
Again this is just my opinion so feel free to disagree in terms of who to keep/get rid of:
Ulmer (Aging)
Mo (Past it)
Reddick (We can upgrade, but can’t fault his effort!)
Pope (Can upgrade)
The rest can stay. Unsure on Benti