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This trade in itself may not be exciting but I see it as a good sign. For one, it could mean Holland & Co. plan on drafting D-heavy in the upcoming draft and saw this as a way to still pick up another forward prospect. Two, it could mean some players/prospects are on their way out and they're looking to make some moves to keep depth in the organization.
i think this is a first time kenny has traded for a prospect from another organization, no?
at least it has been quite a while.
i tend to agree
i mean even if we didnt make this trade our draft should have been 95% dmen and 1 goalie and even further, we should have(and still should) trade as many players and prospects we dont intend to sign and keep for more picks and use those picks on even more dmen
as for increased chance of trades, i do believe KH will be more assertive this summer, whether that translates into being aggressive i ma not sure
I don't think we're taking a goalie. I think they're on an every-other year rotation. Edit: never mind. Thought van pottelberghe was drafted last year.
For one, it could mean Holland & Co. plan on drafting D-heavy in the upcoming draft
This trade in itself may not be exciting but I see it as a good sign. For one, it could mean Holland & Co. plan on drafting D-heavy in the upcoming draft and saw this as a way to still pick up another forward prospect. Two, it could mean some players/prospects are on their way out and they're looking to make some moves to keep depth in the organization.
Honestly though the ceiling of third liners is nothing to go crazy about anyways. Sure there might be a 5'7 really skilled player there that turns into the next Gadreau but chances are at best its a Mattias Ritola. Sure you may give up some ceiling but this guy looks like a legit pro player 2 years after his draft so its irrelevant to me
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This isnt the Maple Leafs Connor Brown either, this is another legit OHL tough guy. In todays NHL this Sadowy will be able to handle himself since theres less real enforcers and more guys his weight class
It's weird, because we're all excited about the prospect, but we're not very excited about his nearest NHL comparison.
I mean, think about it. Scouting reports say this stuff: good two-way winger with medium size, scores most of his goals within 5 feet of the net, physical and feisty but not a tough guy, a former bad skater who is improving over time, an okay but unspectacular passer and puckhandler, and good on the PK.
Sadowy looks like an interesting prospect, but that's definitely a description of Abdelkader. You might say "yeah, but Sadowy has scored a billion goals in the OHL!" but it's easy to forget that Abby was a very productive guy in college.
It's weird, because we're all excited about the prospect, but we're not very excited about his nearest NHL comparison.
I mean, think about it. Scouting reports say this stuff: good two-way winger with medium size, scores most of his goals within 5 feet of the net, physical and feisty but not a tough guy, a former bad skater who is improving over time, an okay but unspectacular passer and puckhandler, and good on the PK.
Sadowy looks like an interesting prospect, but that's definitely a description of Abdelkader. You might say "yeah, but Sadowy has scored a billion goals in the OHL!" but it's easy to forget that Abby was a very productive guy in college.
It's weird, because we're all excited about the prospect, but we're not very excited about his nearest NHL comparison.
I mean, think about it. Scouting reports say this stuff: good two-way winger with medium size, scores most of his goals within 5 feet of the net, physical and feisty but not a tough guy, a former bad skater who is improving over time, an okay but unspectacular passer and puckhandler, and good on the PK.
Sadowy looks like an interesting prospect, but that's definitely a description of Abdelkader. You might say "yeah, but Sadowy has scored a billion goals in the OHL!" but it's easy to forget that Abby was a very productive guy in college.
If this was our first round pick... ya I could see why you might be upset with this move. But its a 3rd round pick. So if we got a player thats 50%-70% of Abdelkader, I'd call that a huge win.
Should draft two dmen in the first two rounds cause of this
i'd take another abdelkader on this team in a second.
There is no guarantee that we would have spent our 2017 3rd rounder on a defensemen nor is there any guarantee we could have moved the pick for a defensemen comparable to Sadowy. He is far from a redundant prospect in this organization.
Hopefully this turns out to be a sound strategic move. I applaud the front office for taking a different approach for once. My fingers are crossed that his skating continues to improve.
I suppose, but in GDTs and stuff there seems to still be a lot of residual Abby dislike. It's really only been in the last year that that's quieted down even a little bit. For a while, he was in the Cleary/Ericsson group.People hate Abdlekader's contract.
Virtually everyone agrees he was one of our best players last year.
I suppose, but in GDTs and stuff there seems to still be a lot of residual Abby dislike. It's really only been in the last year that that's quieted down even a little bit. For a while, he was in the Cleary/Ericsson group.
Edit: and you see it just above ^ in the comments about how it's fine if he's in the bottom six.
I don't get why people get mad that Abby plays in the top 6. Can't have all soft, perimeter players in the top 6. I mean, I guess you could, but there's nothing wrong with spreading out the scoring talent to multiple lines.
An Abby player with a 3rd rounder is a great pickup, and an Abby as a 3rd liner is a really good player. I just don't love Abbys contract or him being consistently on the top 2 lines.