As happens sometimes, a comment from Brad Treliving's media availability made me think over the weekend. When talking about goaltending, Treliving had this gem of a comment on Friday:
Building a team isn't just the 23 you see here, it's building your reserve list. Eighteen months ago when I came in here, I believe that you built your teams on the blueline and in goal and from there and up center ice, so when you look at where our defense reserve list was 18 months ago to where it is today, where our goaltender reserve list was 18 months ago from today, we drafted and will continue to draft a bunch of centers every year, that's the strength of where teams are built.