The Edmonton Blizzard currently have one of the weakest bottom defensemen pairing out of most of the top teams in the league. With the unexpected departures of McIntyre and Tuck it turned out to be difficult to fill those holes with the massive demand expansion created for defensemen. It is clearly our biggest weak spot going into the playoffs, and with the age of Jon Toner things could get even worse pretty quickly. Edmonton has a couple of options to deal with this issue. They could go trade hunting this season for a couple of defensemen to see if they can plug those holes and really make a push for the cup. With the high demand though this won't come cheap, and the Blizzard have been light on picks since the blockbuster trade a season and a half ago. However you could argue that despite this the prospect pool is still quite stocked, and maybe they can still afford to shop some picks while they may be at their peak. The other option would be FA, but it can be quite hard to land good FA's in this league. The third option would be to call up young stud Axel Foley. He is still quite raw but he has huge potential and would be an upgrade over the current bottom pair defensemen, despite his youth.