vannuck59

This team would run over in the playoffs

Defensemen take time to develop

At best to win you need two top Centers 1a and 1b one top end goal scoring winger 30 to 40 goals a year two wingers with speed grit and size in the 20 goal range a 50 point puck moving D man two big defenders with mobility and grit top faceoff center penalty kill machine two bottom wingers with grit speed

JB drafting is suspect at best lets take a look at his first round hits and misses Draft 1 , 2014,Pick #6 Jake Virtanen , consensus pick average 13th, on the board BPA (Fleury, Ehlers, Nylander, Ritchie) Miss Pick # 24 Jared McCnan , consensus pick average 11th on the board BPA ( Pastrnak ,Scherbak) both rated in the 20 to 25 range HIT Draft 2, 2015 Pick # 23 Brock Boeser, consensus pick 23 on the board BPA (nailed it took who he should have.) Draft 3, 2016 Pick # 5 Olli Joulevi, consensus pick 7 , on the board BPA ( Matthew Tkackuk) a big mistake Draft 4, 2017 Pick # 5 Elis Pettersson consensus pick 12th on the board BPA ( none) Big win Not to bad after all , Joulevi may pan out , Virtanen is a 3rd line player at best

You know centers can play wing as well

Drafting and a little luck will turn this around JB needs to get creative . A second First would help.

Alf you forgot to take your meds

This guy could be our TJ Brodie

a big trade is coming stalking the cupboards

Dahlen is another Black Eye for this club and if Lockwood chooses to play out his college years and sign elsewhere . ITs time to gut this management.

I would be extremely happy with Cozens

Utica fans have a right to be mad Canuck fans would string Benning up if their team was handled the same way Incompetent management and lack of talent . OH wait I see a trend!!!!

Your right Alf Madden is too small to play center in the bottom 6

Palm trees , Panarin will not come here Taxes , Cold ,Rebuilding , and no Palm trees sorry boys this is why Florida Is going to sign him.

Vegas would run that lineup out of the rink.

So if he doesn't sign then what?

You may be right it depends on the plus and Virtanen , (Hutton and Virtanen) (Goldobin and Virtanen) ( Markstrom and Virtanen) there are all kinds of combinations you can get a top 10 pick with.

Tyler Madden will be a impact player, he has the skill and the engine required to be top tier player . Another year in college will be good for his development.

BENNING has come to the end of his rope . Ownership will not be so patient next year.

Jim Benning shows once again he is a poor GM. Letting Utica flounder with no support . one has to shake their head at Jim's decision making. He cant even manage a AHL team effectively !

On D

Stop drafting Smerfs . I would be happy with one of Cozen's, Bryam , Dach. Also I would look at trading Virtanen + Plus for another pick in the top 10

Benning is walking on a tight rope he needs to start getting impact players not retreads I think Giles must of left a copy of Money Ball behind.

we shall see

I agree Jim doesn't think long term two extra first rounders would made this team a lot better Personally I would have drafted Hague instead of Lind in 2017 and Bouchard instead of Hughes in 2018.