Nope. Keep the youth wave coming. We will likely have a top 5 pick this season and another 1st. We will have Connor, Dano and maybe Morrissey, Lemieux or Petan as well coming aboard next season. It is not a bad thing to keep let these kids developing. Give them a few years and when they really start hitting their stride then worry about giving them any needed veteran depth.
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Nope. Keep the youth wave coming. We will likely have a top 5 pick this season and another 1st. We will have Connor, Dano and maybe Morrissey, Lemieux or Petan as well coming aboard next season. It is not a bad thing to keep let these kids developing. Give them a few years and when they really start hitting their stride then worry about giving them any needed veteran depth.
I think so as well. IMO tonight marks a definite step towards the future. This team will be built around the young core with a handful of veteran leadership to help lead the way.
unless they can somehow find a 3 or 4 dman before playoffs they have no shot winning the cup.
as much as i want a top 3 draft pick winning and the way these young kids are playing is really fun to see
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You need good players to complement your rookies/young players. Dumping young players into the league you get a team like the Moose. Look at Copp play day in day out with Peluso and Hali, is that good for his develeopment? same for Armia playing guys like Thorbs. Now imagine next season our young players on 3rd, 4th lines playing with the likes of Stempniak or Mathias or Lars Eller who can make a pass.
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All the tanking teams won, Calgary tied so far, seems like no harm was done to the tank despite the win
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Po'Mo' looks relieved in his interview...
Bordering on emotional...
I'd believe that. You lose a friend and a beloved co-worker you worked with for years, it hurts.
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Johnny HFBOARDS
Trade you!
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HF anti-tank squad
It kind of looked like a weight was off their shoulders tonight and they just played he game.
Good game, nice to lay a beating once in a while.
Good game, nice to lay a beating once in a while.
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Disagree we will have a couple of seasons of the kids learning their roles. You may move out the real dead weight (Thor, Stu and Peluso) but I wouldn't be looking for the more skilled older depth vets like Stemp to take roles the kids will be moving in to. They won't be contending for a couple years so no use limiting opportunities for the youngsters to develop. Veteran leadership will be provided by the remaining members of the older core (Wheeler, Little and Buff). In 2-4 years this group may be really strong.
bustamente
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The captain is the conduit to the rest of the team i thinks that Maurice had a good and close relationship with Ladd.
raideralex99
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You can't win with youth alone.
Why do you think the real contenders pick up vets at TDL. The good teams would prefer keeping more vets except the salary cap stops them.
How's that young team with all those top picks doing? What ... they're picking #1 again.
Maurice talking about Ladd, looks like he's welling up.
Real leadership shipped to Chicago tonight. That much is clear.
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Yeah, it looked like it. Was talking about how Ladd got the news at 6:45 CDT, spent the next 15 minutes before warmups saying his goodbyes to the team.
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It's good to see how the players and coaches have reacted to Ladd being traded. He meant a lot to them and it really goes against the idea that Ladd wasn't a good leader. Won't say he might not have had his warts, but it seems overall he was a big positive.
