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  1. On 2/13/2023 at 1:22 AM, Drakrami said:

     think deeper. No GM's going to trade you Bedard and risk possibly being called the stupidest GM in the century. If any GM trades away Bedard and Bedard goes on to become the next Crosby on the other team. Bam. 10 out of 10 GMs will just go with the flow and draft Bedard. 

    This is why you are asking for the impossible. 

     

    I'm thinking of a team like Columbus. They want to win now. Miller and hughes and nj's 1st would help them a lot. Steep price but i think that's the level that makes it possible. 

     

     

  2. Just now, eeeeergh said:

    I go on vacation and come back to people talking about stillman (praise be) in a positive light unironically

     

    @Coconuts @OldFaithfulCap what's going on here?!

    Myers and OEL have become so bad that Stillman no longer worries about being the worst on his team. Freed from his lowly status he took up yoga, llama grooming and swedish death cleaning and the balance off the ice has led to him being more physical, driving to the net and passing (set up a goal and created a chance last night) and even his shooting is more on target.

     

     

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  3. 44 minutes ago, mikeyman109 said:

    When teams need to rebuild this is what it looks like. The owner didnt want to go through it but they have no choice now. Tocchet is a loser coach for a loser bunch of players. Good hire because he will keep them bottom feeders for draft picks for a while. The real rebuild will not start until they can figure out a way to unload OEL. Buyout or otherwise.

     

    A few things to keep in mind for the tank crowd

     

    1 Columbus and Chicago are not likely to go on any long term win streaks even if we do not win another game. so we are not going to finish in the top 2

    2 Finishing in the top 5 would give us a slight chance at Bedard however our lottery results have been abysmal at best and its more likely CB would come back as a free agent than us winning his rights in the draft lottery.

    3 We really need to think about building this team properly. What we need at the draft is a stud D man. Somewhere we also need a young goaltending prospect.Demko wont be around as this team develops so who is going to be the guy to carry the load as the starter?

    4 Petey and Hughes wont want to just hang out while we rebuild. Its not a 2 year fix. Pettersson isnt going to resign in this circus for any amount of money and Hughes is going to demand a trade sooner than later. Losing wears on you physically and mentally.

    5 Rebuilds will take 5 years at least. Draft the best players we can, and play them in the juniors and minors until we have assembled the talent we need to be ultra competitive. No more 18 year olds stepping into the lineup.

     

    Lastly, as bad as this is we still have a team to cheer for. Its going to be a lot of losing for the next few years. Get used to it. Look for the bright spots. Watch for improvement in players and the team. We will have a bunch of AHL quality players in the meantime and it will be a few bleak springs but if we get going today it will be quicker to rebuild. As some one that has gone through every season of this, you have to look to the future when we have these down cycles. Cheers,

    Definitely agree with the tocchet call but he still has time to show progress next season (very doubtful in my opinion).

     

    This draft is forward loaded so if we had a good scouting department (which we don't) then we could find a good potential d-man with the isles pick or later rounds. Silovs looks like a decent prospect in net but always great to find more too.

     

    I think vancouver has always been a good city for swedes. We'll see what pettey wants but i expect a pettey vs tocchet rift if tocchet stays old school.

     

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