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Originally Posted by Stone Phillips
Arty isn't a Top 6. He has no hands.
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Yeah, the only thing R2 would really be good at in a "scoring line" role would be on a PP unit where he just parks his ass in front of a goalie. Other than that, he really doesn't have any offensive ability. His little skate down the boards and cut to the net move is nice, but there's no finish to it. He doesn't have the hands to finish the play off and half the time he'll just plow over the goalie and get a call because he's big.
The obvious move would be to move for a top 6 forward would be to package a defenseman and maybe a pick for one. I really doubt they're going to go the free agency route unless Lawton knows another ex-client who's willing to take a bit of a paycut to come here.