KoreanHockeyFan

Your concern is valid. Especially since management messed up in the first place by signing Miller and Boeser to extensions. But also, you really have to think: do you think Petey and Hughes would want to stick around waiting for 18 year olds to develop? How old would they really be by then? If they don't develop in time, you might as well sell Petey and Hughes while their values are sky high right now.

Like I said in my post a few pages back. I'm just as nervous as you guys are, but you'll feel less frustrated if you just accept the fact that rebuilding through the draft was never the plan. From management's POV - they don't want to wait for 18 year old prospects to develop while Petey and Hughes push 30 at the end of their prime.

Sorry, but that was never the plan to begin with. Again, I don't know why a lot of you are acting as if management is deviating from their original approach. Rutherford EXPLITCITLY said they were targeting 23-25 age players. This was the "major surgery."

Boeser's return would be sub-par at best. He's got 2 years left on his deal. Just ride it out and hopefully he'll play well enough next year to increase his own trade value, if not, just let it expire. Same goes for Myers. Remember what happened with the OEL trade? Benning couldn't just wait for 1 more year to let Eriksson, Beagle and Roussel's contracts run out instead of giving up assets to dump cap.

Ouch. That hurts. Do the Hurricanes have any cap dumps that we can take?

A lot of you are screaming at a blank wall. Once you accept the fact that this team was never going to tear it down in the first place, the less frustration you may feel. Management is not waiting for 18 year old prospects to bloom into NHL players while Pettersson and Hughes enter the end of the primes pushing the age of 30. I'm just as nervous as you all are with this re-tool approach, but no sense in yelling at management for not hoarding draft picks. It's not happening. It was never the plan. Just:

The way I see it is that you either build around Petey and Hughes or tear it down and build through the draft. Can't have your cake and eat it too.

I live in Toronto and that would be hilarious.

Lol ok, but don't claim we lost out on Bedard. Those are two completely different arguments.

On a crowded left-handed defence core.

Alright Hextall, time to call Allvin.

Aside from potential Aquilini-Rutherford puppet theories, this approach is being taken because this team now revolves around Pettersson and Hughes. Drafting a bunch of RHD in this year's draft class requires 2-3 years to be ready for the NHL and then probably another 1-2 to become effective NHL'ers - assuming they even pan out. If everything goes well, Pettersson and Hughes will be pushing 30 by then and Miller/OEL will be past their primes. I understand the team is in shambles and we're in no position to compete, but how long are we going to take rebuild when Pettersson and Hughes are already in their prime?

Then that anticipation was misguided. Rutherford and Allvin have been pretty clear with targeting players 23-25, so yes, buying players in this age range is of no surprise to me. Is it the right approach to take? TBD, but I'm nervous as you all are.

Umm, NYI's pick was never going to get us Bedard...

Waiting to draft and develop prospects was never going to be the adopted approach for Allvin and Rutherford. Not sure why everyone was hoping for this.

I see we've already forgotten about Riley Stillman, Jason Dickenson and OEL. Never change CDC

Myers is gone after next season. It's not like management wants him to be a $6mil bottom pair RHD.

Everyone keeps saying deep draft. Deep draft for which position? The only RHD I see as a blue chip prospect in this year's first round is Reinbacher. Would you rather hinge this defence core's future on a single RHD prospect that will take 3+ to develop?

C'mon people. Do you actually think Rutherford and Allvin's plan to re-build the defence was to wait 3+ years by drafting and developing RHD from this year's draft class? Hinge their bets on possibly drafting Reinbacher and signing Livingstone?

I also find it funny that this trade came out of the blue. I wonder if the Canucks just fed some crumbs to the media regarding the Miller rumours around Pittsburgh and were working on this behind the scenes all along.

Young, legit top-4 RHD. That's the key takeaway for me.

Zucker is a UFA at season's end.

Competitive teams usually have strong leadership in the locker room and defensive structure. From that point of view, I think someone like Hextall can be convinced that Miller's attitude and defensive issues can be nullified by what's already established in that Penguins locker room. Until Crosby retires, the Penguins practically have an obligation to stay competitive. I don't have any certainty that a trade with the Pens happens, but I see the logic for why it could happen. Don't get me wrong, If we didn't sign Miller to an extension and looked to trade him now, the offers for him would be much better. But that doesn't mean the offers Allvin may be getting now aren't automatically terrible because of the extension.