briererocks
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- Nov 23, 2011
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Hextall in his short tenure has done a great job turning junk into potential gold.
On D, he managed to get Tampa to include Gudas with their first round pick. His staff also managed to find Myers and get him signed. Thus, we managed to get two good defenseman for basically nothing.
On F, in the Lecavalier trade, he managed to get Weal who the organization thinks is a top 6 forward. He also drafted Lindblom with a late round pick in his first draft as GM. Once again, using assets that were almost worthless, he managed to add what seems to be two top 6 players.
On the goalies front, he used second and third round picks that Holmgren would trade like they were worthless to add potential #1 goalies. He used a second to select Hart who inexplicably fell. He used a third to grab Sandstrom.
He has also has done a great job using his non first round picks and adding late round picks. He used a second to trade up and grab Konency. He used a fourth to grap Voroboyev who looks like he could be a quality third line center. He managed to get a third for Rinaldo and has managed to add alot of late round picks during his tenure.
If Hextall had only drafted well in the first round the team would not be in a great position today. The reason our future is looking bright are these small things: getting Tampa to include Gudas, trading Coburn for the first, drafting Lindblom with a late round pick, adding alot of later round draft picks, drafting well in the later rounds, drafting goalies in the second or third rounds, etc...
Bottom line is he has done a ridiculously good job turning crap into gold on the D, F and goalie front.
On D, he managed to get Tampa to include Gudas with their first round pick. His staff also managed to find Myers and get him signed. Thus, we managed to get two good defenseman for basically nothing.
On F, in the Lecavalier trade, he managed to get Weal who the organization thinks is a top 6 forward. He also drafted Lindblom with a late round pick in his first draft as GM. Once again, using assets that were almost worthless, he managed to add what seems to be two top 6 players.
On the goalies front, he used second and third round picks that Holmgren would trade like they were worthless to add potential #1 goalies. He used a second to select Hart who inexplicably fell. He used a third to grab Sandstrom.
He has also has done a great job using his non first round picks and adding late round picks. He used a second to trade up and grab Konency. He used a fourth to grap Voroboyev who looks like he could be a quality third line center. He managed to get a third for Rinaldo and has managed to add alot of late round picks during his tenure.
If Hextall had only drafted well in the first round the team would not be in a great position today. The reason our future is looking bright are these small things: getting Tampa to include Gudas, trading Coburn for the first, drafting Lindblom with a late round pick, adding alot of later round draft picks, drafting well in the later rounds, drafting goalies in the second or third rounds, etc...
Bottom line is he has done a ridiculously good job turning crap into gold on the D, F and goalie front.
