JeremyCuddles

That doesn't sound anything like our luck. Our luck for the most part has been sucking, finishing bottom 2/3, falling to 5th overall. BUT. That was just us building up all our luck so we can finally get that elusive number 1 overall pick and reunite our Quintin Hughes with his brother Jack. Draft is in our home ice. This HAS to be the year, right?

Way too soon to say Hughes is a top 3 pick in this draft. Dahlin and Svechnikov as it stands now are for sure ahead of Hughes. Then the next crop all have a very good chance to be the number 3 guy. Zadina looks like he has pretty elite talent, Detroit had two really big steals at their spots imo, Bouchard, Boqvist, and Dobson all have amazing potential. It's way too early for me to have Hughes in the top 3 group of this draft.

We need this.

I like the sound of it already.

On a serious note, any idea if Woo throws knucks? I hear he is physical, but never really hear anything about fighting. Not that it matters since fighting is becoming more and more rare. Still would be pretty sweet to see Woo beating the snot outta people.

Getting fighting tips from Jett Li might not be the best route to go, we don't want Jett Woo killing anyone. Jett Woo is like 200 pounds, that's a lot of potential power there.

So it would seem.

It just seems like you are separating things from being IQ just for the sake of arguing. So with that in mind I will apologize and carry on. Just finished getting in trouble for not "classifying" a winger as a center with some other kid. Sorry good sir. I need to learn to forum the right way.

Why is IQ only limited to reading a play, and wouldn't being positioned properly be done via reading the play?

So, IQ then?

Change of scenery trade, yeah. Fact it's such a divisive trade also speaks to the trade being a bit fair for both ends.

Good point. He won't necessarily need to sign before the end of the year but I imagine he likely will to burn through his ELC quicker.

Not really what?

I know, I worry about things. But you have to admit as we near the end of the rebuild sometimes people get trigger happy. Owner did tweet some interesting things. Stuff like that feed in my paranoia. Just thinking out loud so to speak with some of these things. Offseason is so long I can't help but think of every little thing.

1c that played like 1 minute more per game than Lindholm, played 17 fewer games and still almost doubled his faceoff totals. The title sounds more impressive than his playtime actually says. Sutter, our 3rd line center, took more faceoffs than Lindholm. Their 3rd/4th line center Ryan, took more faceoffs than Lindholm. Rask, 3rd/4th line center took just as many faceoffs. Staal, their 2nd line center, TOOK MORE FACEOFFS THAN Lindholm. He wasn't a true center and yes, I already said he can take faceoffs but isn't a true center. Just cause I don't "classify" him as a center doesn't mean he can't or shouldn't play it at all. Dunno why this is upsetting you so much. Lol

Yeah, it's a hard read with Aquaman. Especially with the "look how fast Colorado and New Jersey did their rebuild with a couple trades" tweet. And yeah I was also thinking about the College route and how much work out time they get. But at 170 (if that is accurate to his weight) he doesn't have that much weight he needs to add. The Sedins were 180-190 at 6'2/6'3. So he could very easily bulk up in Utica while also getting an understanding of a NHL type schedule/grind etc. We have a good many options with Hughes. I trust in Benning and Linden to do what's best, if they are given the room to do what's best. This is the part of the rebuild where it doesn't feel so bad. Before we had no real light at the end of the tunnel. Now we do and we are starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel.

That gets thrown around a lot. It was said by some of the folks in our system as well in regards to Virtanen not getting a ton of time. Cause he had to learn "the right way to play". I think Green said that about him during their AHL stint together. I think it's just a hockey IQ thing. Maybe? No one wants to call out their guys IQ so they use different terminology to make it sound better. I dunno.

Yeah, but for a top 6 guy 800 isn't a whole lot. Bo took like 500 more, and he played 17 fewer games than Lindholm. Lindholm was center out of necessity not cause he was the best option. So yeah, I wouldn't classify him as a center. He can take faceoffs, which is exactly what I said in the part you bolded. Lol.

The last tweet has me kinda worried, likely unnecessarily. In my head I trust Benning and Linden to do what's right and let the kids stew, but then my heart is like "But Aquaman might force their hand". Benning's extension was what, two years? I really hope he doesn't feel pressured into forcing these kids into situations they aren't ready for. I don't want Hughes in the lineup next year unless he is absolutely ready, same with Pettersson and Juolevi and every other prospect. I know it was just a shot in the dark, stars align kind of question in regards to Hughes being ready next year but still. No need to rush anyone. We got a real stud here with Hughes. Lets stick to the plan. Him going pro and going to Utica sounds really nice though. We can handle his development much better with him in Utica. College wouldn't be terrible either. Just nicer to be able to be more hands on with his development with him in Utica. Only downside is that starts the timer on his ELC. College for a year, then potentially NHL/AHL next year?

I wouldn't necessarily classify Lindholm as a center although he can take faceoffs if he needs to, and I imagine they play him on the wing with Backlund and Monahan as their top 6 centers. They really needed a top 6 right winger too, right handed. Ferland was there cause he had solid chemistry with Gaudreau I imagine. They are a team loaded with left handed players. Frolik is left handed player playing right wing as well. Both of their top 6 centers are left handed. So essentially they had 6 left handed players in their top 6. Lindholm being right handed is a much needed shot. He is also 3 years younger than Ferland. I also wonder if this is a sell high thing on Ferland. Can he repeat his production from last year? Calgary got another lefty on D though, and Carolina got another righty on D. So it's kinda weird from that angle. More deals to come from Carolina I bet. Skinner and Faulk are both still heavily rumored to be moved. They need that elusive top 6 center still. Teravainen was listed as center, but he took fewer than 50 faceoffs. Lol. Lindholm took near 800 faceoffs for them. So they lost 800 faceoffs and gained none back and for a team in desperate need for a center that's worrying. How sure are they Necas can play top 6 for them next year? That'd be a major gamble and generally nobody takes that risk, except Edmonton. All in all it's a fairly even deal imo. Calgary filled their needs better than Carolina did.

How so? They got a top 6 player and pretty much another Dougie Hamilton. Lol. If anything this was just a change of scenery trade. I guess you can give the advantage to Carolina. But for that to happen you gotta imagine Hanifin has tapped out on his potential already as a decent scoring top 4 guy and Ferlund needs to keep producing with a new team away from Gaudreau. Which is a lot to hope for. Carolina wanted to save some dollars, and stay competitive. They kinda did that. Calgary got a potentially cheaper Hamilton and a top 6 scoring winger. Neither side got a whole lot better or weaker.

Top 6 winger, a top 4 d-man for a top 6 energy guy, solid prospect, and a top 4 d-man. Not sure why either side makes this deal. Calgary doesn’t really save cap swapping Hanifin and Hamilton. They upgrade on Ferland in terms of skill but they lose Fox. Not sure either side won or lost. Lol. Carolina with an edge. Team that gets the best player generally wins the deal.

If WD really was the problem why did Tryamkin leave even though WD was fired before Tryamkin left? Probably cause he left for family reasons, exactly like was stated when he left. He took a paycut to play for his hometown, almost as if that family reason was legit, huh? People have a huge hate boner for Willie which is largely unfair. Not his fault our team was/is garbage.

Lowering opponent touches also comes from playing with better linemates and improving our d-core significantly. I think his takeaways are a good sign too. He is so dominant and quick that he gets the puck back at a pretty high rate. The other team can't afford to take liberties with the puck. Jake forces them to move the puck quicker than they'd like because of his speed and the likeliness of him laying the body on you (which despite popular belief Jake does NOT shy away from hitting people). There are more ways of dominating the puck than being a Sedin and holding the puck for a minute in the half boards. He forces the offensive team to make bad plays with the puck with his presence alone.

This is a rather interesting post. McDavid came into the league immediately. So playing in a lesser league prior to being drafted is a pretty moot point. McDavid was on pace to break 82+ points his first year. Followed that up with a 100 point season. And improved upon that with 108 points this season on a bum team. Probably not the best idea to compare EP to McJesus. But who knows, sky is the limit for Pettersson.