Chapin Landvogt
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Re bolded above. Which prospect has Lou held onto too long while watching their value tank?
I've actually talked about this with a bit more detail in a couple of posts the past few weeks. I can't say I'm familiar with you as a regular poster around these parts (maybe I'm wrong), so if the topic should be of that much interest to you, feel free to check them out.
Lou inherited a team with ONE prospect of value (Bellows)...
Wait, what about Sorokin and Toews?
And Salo and <gulp> Aho?
And of course, we had two other first rounders at that time who were quickly approaching the make-or-break it point.
Ahem...
2014. Dal Colle and Ho-Sang had no value when Lou arrived. Smartly, Lou hung onto Sorokin and Toews. Rest of the draft never had any value.
Yep, I don't see that bolded part being an opinion that will be backed much by people in the know if you take a closer look at the timeline.
In the 18-19 season, Dal Colle's third as a pro, he was a PPG player in the AHL and also had 7 points in 28 NHL games with minimal ice time. There were also a ton bodies ahead of him at the NHL level, particularly for lower-line duties.
Ho-Sang had 10 points in 21 games in his rookie season and then 12 in 22 games his second pro season. In each, he had over 30 points in exactly 50 AHL games. Enter Lamoriello as the GM with a club that looked like it was going to be starving for offense. JHS got into 10 games. Had 2 points and we won like 9 of those game. The fan shitstorm was off the charts when the Isles sent him down in the midst of all that winning. That's just a (vivid) sidenote.
Anyone can think of all that what they will - I happen to think that's when you know if a guy is going to be part of the answer and if not, you flip him while you can - but you're not going to convince someone who's been around the block that they simply "had no value when Lou arrived".
That's just not supported by the situation at the time.