Pre-Game Talk: Week of a long break (@Cgy, @Van)

[Bubba Thudd]

The Worlds are like the Hokey Pokey ... that's what it's all about!!!

 

[AvsFan29]

Need a 2c more than anything. It's the last big peice we need.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Need a 2c more than anything. It's the last big peice we need.

Well a true #1D could be on that list as well. Far less necessary though imo.

 

[member 116861]

Need a 2c more than anything. It's the last big peice we need.

Elias Pettersson

Well a true #1D could be on that list as well. Far less necessary though imo.

Charlie McAvoy

 

[The Abusement Park]

Elias Pettersson



Charlie McAvoy

Boom. Problem solved.

 

[Avsboy]

I have no regrets over Makar. Makar was needed at the time and will be needed in the future since he can qb a PP better than Girard and is overall a dominant player. He may be better than EP in the end. I would take a Norris winner over EP, who won't win individual hardware beyond maybe a Calder.

 

[The Abusement Park]

I have no regrets over Makar. Makar was needed at the time and will be needed in the future since he can qb a PP better than Girard and is overall a dominant player. He may be better than EP in the end. I would take a Norris winner over EP, who won't win individual hardware beyond maybe a Calder.

Makars gonna win a Norris?

 

[Vaslof]

The sooner the Ghetto experiment ends and they get a legit middle 6 winger the better.

He's more legit than anyone else in the team.

 

[AvsFan29]

Elias Pettersson



Charlie McAvoy

Petterson would have been nice. Rather have Makar though. It's a lot harder to get a top D than a top forward.

 

[Ivan13]

He's more legit than anyone else in the team.

Not exactly something to brag about. And I don't agree with that. Plus he is always injured.

 

[The Abusement Park]

He's more legit than anyone else in the team.

Not saying much tbf.

 

[Pokecheque]

Ghetto is absolutely NOT the problem, even though he too has not looked stellar in recent games. They absolutely gotta get someone on that 2nd line who can put the puck in the net. Ghetto's really good with moving the puck in the right direction and getting shots on goal but he's by no means a great finisher. I get that he's not a long-term solution but I think he's been a fantastic addition. But I think it's a bit much to ask for a complementary player to take on the heaviest load, Avs just have to put someone on there who is a capable, reliable scorer...like Soda.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Ghetto is absolutely NOT the problem, even though he too has not looked stellar in recent games. They absolutely gotta get someone on that 2nd line who can put the puck in the net. Ghetto's really good with moving the puck in the right direction and getting shots on goal but he's by no means a great finisher. I get that he's not a long-term solution but I think he's been a fantastic addition. But I think it's a bit much to ask for a complementary player to take on the heaviest load, Avs just have to put someone on there who is a capable, reliable scorer...like Soda.

This is the best way to put it.

 

[UncleRisto]

Andrighetto's the perfect Pittsburgh Penguins depth player. Offensive but sort of bad.

 

[lowol]

I have no regrets over Makar. Makar was needed at the time and will be needed in the future since he can qb a PP better than Girard and is overall a dominant player. He may be better than EP in the end. I would take a Norris winner over EP, who won't win individual hardware beyond maybe a Calder.

I'm still fine with the Makar selection and see obvious all-star defenseman potential, but I don't understand why you're selling Petterson short. He may very well have a Hart trophy in his future, and as of right now, it looks likelier than Makar winning a Norris.

 

[Avsboy]

Makars gonna win a Norris?

In terms of defensive prospects he's at this point number 3 behind Dahlin and Heiskanen. Other top prospects from earlier drafts have looked good but not as good as this recent crop. I see Makar as a future Norris contender, absolutely. EP relative to the young forwards is not as promising, which speaks more to the dearth of quality defensive prospects than anything else.

Either way we could easily pick a #2c in the 2019 draft. Don't think there's a Makar-tier defenseman in that draft.

 

[henchman21]

Dahlin and Heiskanen are not the only two young defensemen in the league... there are also Jones, Werenski, McAvoy, Provorov, Chabot, etc.

 

[Avsboy]

Dahlin and Heiskanen are not the only two young defensemen in the league... there is also Jones, Werenski, McAvoy, Provorov, Chabot, etc.

Of course, I was speaking of recent young d-men, still considered prospects. And these prospects have imo a higher ceiling than all the young d-men you listed except maybe Jones.

 

[member 116861]

In terms of defensive prospects he's at this point number 3 behind Dahlin and Heiskanen. Other top prospects from earlier drafts have looked good but not as good as this recent crop. I see Makar as a future Norris contender, absolutely. EP relative to the young forwards is not as promising, which speaks more to the dearth of quality defensive prospects than anything else.

Either way we could easily pick a #2c in the 2019 draft. Don't think there's a Makar-tier defenseman in that draft.

Bowen Byram.

 

[henchman21]

Of course, I was speaking of recent young d-men, still considered prospects. And these prospects have imo a higher ceiling than all the young d-men you listed except maybe Jones.

Okay... Hughes, Bryam, York, Fox, Broberg, Boqvist, Dobson, Bouchard... Makar is a good prospect, but there are many other good defensive prospects.

 

[Avsboy]

Okay... Hughes, Bryam, York, Fox, Broberg, Boqvist, Dobson, Bouchard... Makar is a good prospect, but there are many other good defensive prospects.

Makar is still considered a better prospect. Hughes is closest.

 

[Foppa Frossa]

pfft, Miro and Rasmus only have one goal each. Busts.

 

[henchman21]

Makar is still considered a better prospect. Hughes is closest.

Stating as if that is a fact in the scouting world... that is your opinion. Many disagree.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Ghetto + Barbs + 2nd for Pool party. The ghetto/Mcdavid dream is alive and well.

 

[henchman21]

Ghetto + Barbs + 2nd for Pool party. The ghetto/Mcdavid dream is alive and well.