You didn’t need to look hard to see the problem before the year even started. With eight healthy defenseman on the roster — seven if you thought Steven Kampfer wasn’t going to be a David Quinn staple the way he was an Alain Vigneault one — it seemed as though we were going to talk about this from the start.
Things got even more confusing when general manager Jeff Gorton decided he needed to acquire Adam McQuaid, despite already having seven other defensemen we expected to fight for a role on the roster.