TkachukNorris79
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Considering what he's been given to work with, he's done very well, especially since the Hoffman deal, as @Smeddy said. The Zibanejad, Turris and Hoffman trades were pretty bad, but he's definitely shown a ton of improvement, both in terms of moves and his media ops. Slowly getting better.
I'm sure he had a pretty big part in drafting Chabot in 2015, which in hindsight was the start of this new sens team. His first move was trading a 3rd and 12th overall for 11th (Logan Brown). It was highly criticized at the time, but I'm more than fine with McLeod+Gignac for Brown looks pretty good for the sens right now. Bowers was a meh pick in 2017 but Batherson and Formenton were both steals in the draft and should have been first rounders. Also brought in Norris and Brannstrom from that draft. Tkachuk was a great decsion (the crow tastes great btw), and JBD looks like a really good fit for this team. Still on the fence with Thomson, but he'll really only need to be our 4th best dman and a PP triggerman.
Building through the draft is the right way to do it.
Here's a list of the 1st round picks under the sens control that are 23 or younger:
- Chabot (18th. 2015)
- White (21st, 2015)
- L. Brown (11th, 2016)
- Brannstrom (15th, 2017)
- Norris (19th, 2017)
- Tkachuk (4th, 2018)
- JBD (26th, 2018)
- Thomson (19th, 2019)
- 2020 OTT pick (1-5)
- 2020 SJ pick (1-8)
- 2020 NYI pick (13-20)
Plus guys who in a re-draft are probably 1st rounders in Batherson (121st, 2017), Formenton (47th, 2017), Pinto (32nd, 2019) and arguably Abramov (65th, 2016).
That's 15 players, not counting good NHLers like Duclair, C. Brown, and Tierney, along with support guys like Wolanin, Chlapik, Balcers, Jaros and Lajoie. Some of these guys will bust, but the quantity of talent should insulate that.
Dorion has a big part to do with all those gus being here. He's been the busiest GM in the league since being hired, some polarizing moves, but he's building the team the right way. Can't wait for the draft.
I'm sure he had a pretty big part in drafting Chabot in 2015, which in hindsight was the start of this new sens team. His first move was trading a 3rd and 12th overall for 11th (Logan Brown). It was highly criticized at the time, but I'm more than fine with McLeod+Gignac for Brown looks pretty good for the sens right now. Bowers was a meh pick in 2017 but Batherson and Formenton were both steals in the draft and should have been first rounders. Also brought in Norris and Brannstrom from that draft. Tkachuk was a great decsion (the crow tastes great btw), and JBD looks like a really good fit for this team. Still on the fence with Thomson, but he'll really only need to be our 4th best dman and a PP triggerman.
Building through the draft is the right way to do it.
Here's a list of the 1st round picks under the sens control that are 23 or younger:
- Chabot (18th. 2015)
- White (21st, 2015)
- L. Brown (11th, 2016)
- Brannstrom (15th, 2017)
- Norris (19th, 2017)
- Tkachuk (4th, 2018)
- JBD (26th, 2018)
- Thomson (19th, 2019)
- 2020 OTT pick (1-5)
- 2020 SJ pick (1-8)
- 2020 NYI pick (13-20)
Plus guys who in a re-draft are probably 1st rounders in Batherson (121st, 2017), Formenton (47th, 2017), Pinto (32nd, 2019) and arguably Abramov (65th, 2016).
That's 15 players, not counting good NHLers like Duclair, C. Brown, and Tierney, along with support guys like Wolanin, Chlapik, Balcers, Jaros and Lajoie. Some of these guys will bust, but the quantity of talent should insulate that.
Dorion has a big part to do with all those gus being here. He's been the busiest GM in the league since being hired, some polarizing moves, but he's building the team the right way. Can't wait for the draft.