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Goalie_Bob

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Yes, by midnight tonight.

Edit: Guess it may be by 5PM. I thought it was midnight since the CBA stated that QO must be received by the Monday after the draft.
 
Petes2424

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caley said:


Would mean that
Altybarmakian, Andrei|RW|
Kalynuk, Wyatt|LHD|
Kubalik, Dominik|LW|
Morris, Cale|G|
Morrison, Cameron|LW|
Strome, Dylan|C|

all would become UFAs. A little surprised at Kalynuk whom they seemed to be very high on last year.
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You know a team is crashing and burning when many of their so-called “Top Prospects” were 22-24. With a declining NHL roster and a dry well of prospects, this one could last a good 10-15 years. Obviously the team is “Getting out in Front” of it, hoping for some lottery luck next year.

Only the upcoming crash and burn in Vegas (in 1-3 years) will be as bad. The players drafted last week, will be 7-10 years into their career when they too will be on the trade table, considered ‘not to be part of their upcoming window’, if Chicago doesn’t draft well.

It’s the debate that keeps giving. Do you break it down to the ground, or do what Nashville, San Jose and St Louis do??? Even though there’s a lot of bad years gutting a system, are the 7-10 years of great, worth 5-10 bad years? Probably so.

Detroit is the only good example I can think of who’s tried both approaches recently.. Kenny Holland wasted 6-7 years trying to hang on and rebuild by reloading. Half committed. Think of all the assets he wasted not moving them for futures. Absolutely nothing for some really good players. Even the ones he ultimately sold, he did so really late.

He handed over a club filled with AHL prospects to Yzerman, who went more with the “Gut it” approach. An approach that’s succeeding before our eyes. Now one of the deepest talent pools in the league in just 3 calendar years. Only just completing his 4th draft. Detroit looks to be on a big upswing with a crazy good pool of dmen and a sneaky amount of good forwards. Some of those young D will ultimately be moved for high end forwards.

The big problem with the massive gutting should be obvious. Ask Buffalo and Arizona …. . If you don’t Draft well, it becomes a 10-20 year rebuild. You still need a little lottery luck and/or, a considerable amount of 2nd through 7th rounders making it. Up until recently, Buffalo has drafted horribly, with their flashy forwards. Now, like Detroit, their future looks much brighter with the top end blue liners they possess. Look how Colorado accelerated their jump finally.

That begs another question. Detroit goes heavy blue line in Yzerman’s first 3 drafts. Buffalo, by default, and some choice, finally committed to high end D with top picks. Colorado didn’t take that next step until they used top picks on D.

It’s seems to be, that’s the way to go. Gut it, and build that blue line. Picks aren’t as sexy but you jump up the food chain faster than Edmonton, Arizona, Buffalo and Colorado. New Jersey has now done so, 2 years in a row now. Look how much better their future looks with Nemec and Hughes rather than the shiny new toys.

Time will tell if the Hawks do it right.
 
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TheReelChuckFletcher

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Petes2424 said:
You know a team is crashing and burning when many of their so-called “Top Prospects” were 22-24. With a declining NHL roster and a dry well of prospects, this one could last a good 10-15 years. Obviously the team is “Getting out in Front” of it, hoping for some lottery luck next year.

Only the upcoming crash and burn in Vegas (in 1-3 years) will be as bad. The players drafted last week, will be 7-10 years into their career when they too will be on the trade table, considered ‘not to be part of their upcoming window’, if Chicago doesn’t draft well.

It’s the debate that keeps giving. Do you break it down to the ground, or do what Nashville, San Jose and St Louis do??? Even though there’s a lot of bad years gutting a system, are the 7-10 years of great, worth 5-10 bad years? Probably so.

Detroit is the only good example I can think of who’s tried both approaches recently.. Kenny Holland wasted 6-7 years trying to hang on and rebuild by reloading. Half committed. Think of all the assets he wasted not moving them for futures. Absolutely nothing for some really good players. Even the ones he ultimately sold, he did so really late.

He handed over a club filled with AHL prospects to Yzerman, who went more with the “Gut it” approach. An approach that’s succeeding before our eyes. Now one of the deepest talent pools in the league in just 3 calendar years. Only just completing his 4th draft. Detroit looks to be on a big upswing with a crazy good pool of dmen and a sneaky amount of good forwards. Some of those young D will ultimately be moved for high end forwards.

The big problem with the massive gutting should be obvious. Ask Buffalo and Arizona …. . If you don’t Draft well, it becomes a 10-20 year rebuild. You still need a little lottery luck and/or, a considerable amount of 2nd through 7th rounders making it. Up until recently, Buffalo has drafted horribly, with their flashy forwards. Now, like Detroit, their future looks much brighter with the top end blue liners they possess. Look how Colorado accelerated their jump finally.

That begs another question. Detroit goes heavy blue line in Yzerman’s first 3 drafts. Buffalo, by default, and some choice, finally committed to high end D with top picks. Colorado didn’t take that next step until they used top picks on D.

It’s seems to be, that’s the way to go. Gut it, and build that blue line. Picks aren’t as sexy but you jump up the food chain faster than Edmonton, Arizona, Buffalo and Colorado. New Jersey has now done so, 2 years in a row now. Look how much better their future looks with Nemec and Hughes rather than the shiny new toys.

Time will tell if the Hawks do it right.
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Detroit really had one season where they crashed and burned. The last few seasons were not great but they were at least somewhat competitive. I personally like going the Nashville/Boston/St. Louis approach to roster-building unless the pipeline is legitimately so bare that you have to gut the whole thing, like the case of Arizona. Boston hasn't been great at the draft table recently, so they may have to blow it up sooner or later (though Lysell might partially save them in a way, like Pastrnak did), but Nashville's in a decent position to recover back to contender status because of their success in recent drafts.
 
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DEANYOUNGBLOOD17

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BatVader said:
WTF.. I kinda get Phillips… but Svechnikov?
He‘s been good for the team since day 1 and can slot in all over the place.
Chevy is a freaking moron.
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Svech played well at times, but he often wined a lot on the ice and took bad penalties. There is a reason Chevy does not want him back!

He can go back and play in the KHL.
 
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