Stammertime91
TBL: TEAM OF THE CENTURY
I know Fowler, he fell to 12th. Ranking wise him and Connolly were very similar, both around top 5, central scouting had Connolly at 3, not sure any site had Fowler at 3. The only knock on Connolly was his hip injury that made him miss most of the year, besides that he was one of the best offensive players available. We just drafted Hedman the year before, besides Stamkos we had no young top line or 6 potential forwards, all our forwards were aging the pick wasn't bad. His play the next year in junior was fine, he wasn't ready for the NHL so his rookie year was a disaster. He was great in Syracuse he just couldn't translate his game when he was called up. He could be a Killorn type player for us if we would've kept him. Not sure Fowler becomes the player he is with us as Hedman would've kept him from being a top pair player.
I want the bad to leave that's why I hope we don't resign Stamkos.
Agreed, especially on the latter. Think he's done here. Can't see him coming back after this especially if we get bounced early, there will be some new faces next year or a tweak in the plan given the lack of offensive talent below us.