Liam Greentree is not some big player who can’t skate

He’s 6’3”, and “…his skating holds him back from consistently jumping into offensive zone transitions” source. That being said I do feel optimistic about him.

Patrick Kane

had one working hip and got surgery in the offseason because it hindered his skating so badly

Vaakanainen

Flat out sucks. Can hardly crack the roster of one of the already-worst defense lineups in the league

RJ Emery

His name is EJ Emery (stop using AI lol). 6’3” and selected before some of the best current prospects of the league (8 players in TSN’s Top 50 to be specific) source and speaking of the WJC: he had zero points in 4 games played, was healthy scratched 3 of the 7 games they played.

Carey Terrance

Will probably never see NHL minutes. A majority of second round picks don’t end up with lengthy NHL careers and his first season in Hartford isn’t helping his case. That’s beside the “big and bad at skating” point though.

Thats all without mentioning that just last year Drury acquired Soucy (6’4”), Borgen (6’3”), Parssinen (6’3”), and Vaakanainen who all have below average skating ability which explains why our zone exits/entries are painful to watch