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Welcome to the flat cap. The only teams with cap are the ones who have openly been tanking. Time to turn the page, cap jumps up next season and aside from JT we have nobody over 30 locked up long-term and no real contract that makes us want to ship a 1st out to get rid of it. The fact Alvin has completely rebuilt the D, built up our depth and prospects and avoided any bad UFA deals, quite honestly is pretty impressive.

Podkolzin will be on the 3rd line.

His path is quite literally a dream scenario imo. I'm very bullish on drafting from Europe and the NCAA and unless it's a Bedard type prospect I have trepidation over the CHL, double for dmen. There's just to many variables and the back to JR rule also isn't favorable for developing the ones who do pass the hype. Just going back to 2017, the draft is loaded with top 10 picks from the CHL that stumbled once they played against bigger stronger players. Sure that happens everywhere but at least in Europe and College, they have already played against men. Now obviously not in this case but just like in the CHL the ones that can skate and have the iq are usually fine.

Feel the same way about the WCE. They are now my favorite colour scheme and the ones that for me best capture the province

I've always thought the reason our media is constantly negative and loves to stir the spot is because for years now the mandate from the owners is to actively keep them in the dark. There hasn't been a trade or re-signing leaked here in a very long-time, instead we get rumours like Demko wants out, JT wants to go back to the states etc etc.

You know what they say about big hands, sadly my hands are just adequate. Hope you enjoyed the cigs mum. Lol

I have to disagree with pretty much everything you said. Starting with Silovs, he's always been a big game goalie since his games in the WC at 18 where he was excellent. His time in Abby (AHL) has been more impressive than Demko on weaker teams to boot. His brief stint up here he clearly demonstrated how much better he was than the other two guys and that was behind a true definition of a "patchwork" defense. The only time I truly advocate the AHL over the NHL is if the player is underwhelming or not playing. Demko is injury prone and giving him ample rest is crucial, Silovs allows Tochett to maximize Demko against the top tier teams while letting get a bunch of starts against weaker teams and not just back to backs and spot starts. 28-30 starts while practicing with NHLers and being under the tutelage of Ian is imo, superior to 50 starts, grinding it out against teams constructed of journeymen and prospects. It also acclimates him sooner while allowing Alvin to get a handle on the near future. As for the view you have on the team, first of basing any opinion on last year comes with a grain of salt, due to the historically bad goaltending, coaching and PK over the first 50 games, nevermind the huge turnover of the roster. Even without the moves this summer just getting a full season of Hronek, Mikhayev, Pearson and Beauvillier is huge. It's fair to be skeptical but you just come across as one of those who just wants to paint everything in the worst light to push your narrative rebuilding while somehow keeping our best young players. It's not viable and when you have legitimate superstars in the 3 most important positions along with a lot of talented players while still being the 8th youngest team in the league along with 1 guy over 30 locked up for more than a season, you build, not subtract. How many failed rebuilds and busted prospects around the league along with veteran laden teams almost exclusively winning the cup will it take before people realize if you can draft your 1C 1D 1G close together and they are stars, you don't need to suck year after year? The teams that do that do so because they can't land those key pieces. We finally have depth being added, a favorable cap after this season and are like a Pecse away from being a really strong team. After all the crap seasons there's finally a plan and Alvin has rebuilt the defense without long deals. Improved the depth and generally has improved us everywhere. With the huge cap increases and only a few locked up long-term I'm excited, not delusional.

Oh man. As a guy who thinks we are a playoff team as long as we get at worst league average and a top 4 team in the west with what I think Demko is capable of, I don't want Martin here like at all. I have PTSD after last season, watching our goalies quite literally almost singlehandedly kill our playoff hopes by November and that's including Demko. He redeemed himself and TBF he was always going too, Martin didn't and there's too much invested in this season to not have the best possible backup and that's Silovs. He's going to be our #1, I've said that since the day we drafted him, the kid has ice in his veins and has shown that since his first go around with Latvia at 18. I still can't believe that despite how putrid the goaltending was we somehow managed to get to 500 just before Demmer got hurt.

I see it as we were 10th last year offensively while guys like Mikhayev, Pearson and Hoglander weren't really, or at all a part of the team. There is also the huge turnaround from guys like JT, Podkolzin and Garland once they were away from Bruce and his head scratching deployment of players. I am really curious to see this team and all the changes under a full camp with the new staff.

He got the Quinn Hughes bump. Good on him .

I would love to get him and would gladly move either type of package, one like you proposed or even one with Lekkerimaki and a 1st plus a winger. RHD like Pecse are seldom available and if he is it's such an obvious fit here that all options should be explored. The only young winger off limits for me 26 and under, is Podkolzin.

Myers is Sept 1st. Probably done for this exact scenario, making it harder to move him in his final year. I gotta say, dude really did want to play here and only here. I'm fine if we move him because we make a big trade but if not might as well keep him since we know injuries always happen to this team.

Cole plays both sides equally well, per Dhaliwal. But ya one can dream that we somehow get Pecse.

Got a lot more than 6 million after LTIR and saying goodbye to Bear and Dermott.

He's not a raw prospect all and his timeline could very well see him turn pro that similar drafted college dmen do. Him going to college allows him to adjust this season to NA ice and while he would seriously have to impress to be one and done, he likely turns pro in March of 2025 after his 2nd season like majority of college D, that are high 1st round picks. Judging on your history, you are being purposely negative cuz that's kind of your thing.