Hornqvist could be that type of player f he really wanted to. But hed rather be one of the most hated guys to play against with his work in front of the net And the points he gets(and others) because of it.
Also as for the team JR is trying to build by adding size...I don't think it's what others are assuming. All of Poulin, Legare, and Hallander are similar types. 6'1-6'2 at age 19 with skill and all can attack the net, play that aggressive game around it the way Hornqvist/Guentzel get alot of their goals but these 3 are more true power forwards. While also not just being one dimensional. We've already talked about Poulin having a complete game. Legare can also snipe. Hallander can be the next Hornqvist type. Not as high of a ceiling as the other two but we'll see. Also harder to judge considering the leagues.
I remember when Bjorkvist was our top offensive prospect lol. JR sure upgraded this prospect pool the last two years. Addison\POJ as well. And Almeida. Solid drafting. Now keep keeping our picks. No more first round trades unless an offer too good to refuse. Feel like we have prospects (excluding the top ones) and players(ZAR/Simon, Kahun, Lafferty, etc....cant keep em all) to get what we want. We don't need to trade picks. We should def go for it this year tho Since we will have the cap space this year....which wont be the case next and rarely ever is. We have potential to clear at least 4more mil up to 4 or so more if we really want to. Not to mention Schultz and his 5.5 mil IF we dont plan on keeping him. And before you think we would be hurting our chances this year by trading him, im assuming we would replace him on D while adding that elite winger(or two very good ones like a Zucker type...) With the 15mil in cap space we could create.
Getting ahead of ourselves but this is the thought process they should have a few months from now if it looks like we do have a chance to be a top contender(AG panning out with Geno, McCann becoming more consistent, and so on).
