OvermanKingGainer
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started off as a joke response but i got carried away:
started off as a joke response but i got carried away:
Would you have really rebuilt when JG is getting 100 pts and leading the division by a bazillion points tho?Rebuild should have started at trade deadline 2022 when Gaudreau wasn't extended.
This is a team missing it's #1 defenseman and had their #1 goalie turn into the second coming of Andrei Trefilov.
Even considering that, bad puck luck and bizarre player usage sunk this team's playoff chances this season. Something that new coaching could address.
no more "capable" vets those are the 30 year olds that cost 4 to 7 M per year as UFA'sFlames need to start winning the “asset” battles. We keep trading 1sts and 2nds for non-core players. We keep spending big money on players that are outside the NHL “elite” core.
What we need to do is put up for auction this off-season the 2024 UFAs - Lindholm, Toffoli, Zadorov, Backlund, Tanev and Hanifin. Load up on picks and prospects. Then in 2023 free agency add capable veterans like we did with Wideman and Hudler. This time however do not follow that up with Hamilton and Hamonic type trades. Keep those 1st rounders.
More likely after Johnny 180d on July 1. Instead trade Tkachuk for futures, and let the kids run the team.Rebuild should have started at trade deadline 2022 when Gaudreau wasn't extended.
that would be crazy if they win and get the 4th they keep it and all the other picks. the difference between 2nd and 4th is not huge (unless you think there is a Bennet Jinx) plus the biggest thing is the pundits are saying the 2nd best player is going to slide cause he is signed in the KHL for 2 more season.They could still win the lottery and get 4th pick, then trade 4th and all of their picks for 2nd. Then everybody happy
I just meant more that you can't win in this league unless you get a chosen one in the top 2-3. If they pick 4th, it's just prolonging mediocrity.that would be crazy if they win and get the 4th they keep it and all the other picks. the difference between 2nd and 4th is not huge (unless you think there is a Bennet Jinx) plus the biggest thing is the pundits are saying the 2nd best player is going to slide cause he is signed in the KHL for 2 more season.
It sucks… but selling high on Toffoli after a career year can recoup it. Shit I’d even eat half of his 4.25 next year to increase the value. 70 point player at little over $2m? Who wouldn’t be in on that? That’s why he goes before the draft.That 1st rounder to MTL kills any chance of a real rebuild for a couple years
About 8 things have to happen for that pick to be a lottery pick, and it would be in 2026 or 2027That 1st rounder to MTL kills any chance of a real rebuild for a couple years
Yes. In fact I'm on record saying if he's not extended by the deadline you have to trade him.Would you have really rebuilt when JG is getting 100 pts and leading the division by a bazillion points tho?