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  1. Was t trading Bo for futures a tanking move? Considering the season Bo was having shouldn’t that traded have made us worse? Who expected new Beau to mesh better with our group than old Bo?
  2. Tocchet said Hronek is working out with the club (lifting weights I think) and is still week to week.
  3. What’s the difference if we traded Bo straight up for a great young D or did it via a third party, like with the Islanders’ pick? We reallocated cap from Bo to a core piece #2 right shot D. Great trade for us. Super smart move. 4D chess.
  4. Islanders come back and win in OT! The pick we used to get Hronek (a great, young, right shot, #2 D) is going to be in the 20’s. Such an incredibly smart trade by Allvin. That pick is losing its value fast.
  5. Yup. Got to be cheering for the Islanders now we moved their first to get Hronek. Go Bo Go! Turn that first into something in the 20s.
  6. “Career criminal”? Didnt Tocchet say he deleted his Twitter account because he used it as a media personality and now that he’s coaching it wasn’t appropriate?
  7. Even going from 2 to 1 the cost would be insane. Lindros kind of crazy overpay. Love to have Bedard, but we will need to win the lottery to get him.
  8. So he’s a later, in the year, birthday. Don’t know about the player, but he is younger than much of the draft class.
  9. Yup. For the next 5-8 years our core group will be in their peak. That’s why it was so smart to bring in 25 year old Hronek as another core piece.
  10. The Twins too. Guys, on average, might be at their peaks for producing points but there is a lot more to winning than scoring points. Yzerman comes to mind in how he played way more defensively as he matured, and led his team to Cups. Plus, the great players might drop a bit in their point totals, but they are so much better without the puck defensively tjat they are better overall players.
  11. Yup. They planned on moving Bo’s cap allocation to D. They accomplished that while adding a young centre prospect. I think Allvin has said, on more than one occasion, they will not trade their own first.
  12. Same owner and same directions to management as when Gillis was GM/POHO.
  13. Hronek is a top pair, right shot D, who only recently turned 25. He will anchor our second pair for 5-8 years. Thank goodness Detroit was stupid enough to move him.
  14. Isn’t Raty a centre? What about Linus Karlsson? We have our #1C and #2C. Aman is an excellent 4C. Getting a right shot defensively minded 3C will come via free agency or trade. And there’s no reason why that couldn’t be an older player, who is good for a couple years and then we replace him with another older guy. The supporting role guys, like the 3C, can certainly be older players who have a couple good years left.
  15. How did Tampa, to build the Cup winners, fill their holes on D? They drafted Hedman and filled in all the other D via trade and free agency. We drafted Hughes, and just added Hronek via trade. Our core is still very early on in their careers. No reason why we can’t fill the supporting roles via more trades and free agent signings.
  16. Agreed. That’s the building of supporting role players that’s ongoing. Management is signing (has signed) younger free agents, and made trades for younger players. They will continue to do the same.
  17. Your opinion is we don’t have our key core. Mine is we do. If I agreed with your opinion, then I’d want to tank and draft as high as possible too. I don’t agree though. Demko is top five Petey is top five Miller, for his role, is top 10 Hughes is top 10 Hronek, for his role, is top 10 We have a great, and perfectly aged, key core. Now we have the coaching in place. We do need to move on from four contracts though: OEL, Myers, Boeser, Garland. All doable this summer.
  18. Which rounds did Tampa draft those guys? Later, right? And when their management recognized their core was set, they used free agency and trades to build a better supporting cast, especially on D. We are right now at the point, with a young elite core, to build them the best supporting cast possible. And some of those supporting players have already been brought in.
  19. Exactly! This ^^^ and timing. Our time is now and for the next 5-8 years while the key core is at its best.
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