ChickenDinner Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 If you look around the league, championship teams are built through the draft, with surrounding or finishing pieces added through free agency or trade. No one has bandaged there way to the finals by adding a piece to an existing stale group. Teams such as Tampa, Chicago, and LA all made it because of drafting. You could say "oh but look at Chicago they had the first overall pick and got Kane and also Toews, and we're never in that position" but at the same time they drafted guys like Saad, Seabrook, Keith... We need to get higher picks, we nes to get more picks, we can't keep bandaging up this group and hope a miracle happens. Guys like Higgins, Hansen, Hamhuis are not for us anymore but they can have value for someone else. Before its too late we need to trade them for picks and turn this team around. For example if we had traded Matthias at the deadline we could have gotten a solid draft pick for him but we had hope that he could help us and we ended getting nothin. That hope must be ignored to build something for tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Everyone already knows this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 This isn't anything new. As Where's Wellwood said, people have been saying this a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 If you look around the league, championship teams are built through the draft, with surrounding or finishing pieces added through free agency or trade. No one has bandaged there way to the finals by adding a piece to an existing stale group. Teams such as Tampa, Chicago, and LA all made it because of drafting. You could say "oh but look at Chicago they had the first overall pick and got Kane and also Toews, and we're never in that position" but at the same time they drafted guys like Saad, Seabrook, Keith... We need to get higher picks, we nes to get more picks, we can't keep bandaging up this group and hope a miracle happens. Guys like Higgins, Hansen, Hamhuis are not for us anymore but they can have value for someone else. Before its too late we need to trade them for picks and turn this team around. For example if we had traded Matthias at the deadline we could have gotten a solid draft pick for him but we had hope that he could help us and we ended getting nothin. That hope must be ignored to build something for tomorrow. It's already too late if you ask me. I totally agree we need more picks though. JB should be trading to replace our 2nd and 3rd. Easier said than done. If you harken back to the 1999 entry draft, we had the first 2 overall picks. We picked Hedin and Dedin. The 4 years before that we STUNK, and that was what allowed us to able to be in a position to acquire those picks (we stunk for a few years after as well). The problem is, we didn't win in 2011 when we were at the top of our cycle. That was our window. It's already too late. We are on the next cycle and are going to relish in mediocrity until either JB makes some great moves or we build up our talent pool and make another splash. We are 2-3 years away from being a true contender. Anything before that is a Cinderella story. As long as JB doesn't manage us like Toronto has over the last few years, we should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stelar Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 hey look another thread about getting younger. Thanks for this. I gotta get CDC off my favourites bar..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Mulder Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Where's the proposal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Completely disagree. Trade away Horvat, Virtanen, McCann, Cassels and go for it now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 If you harken back to the 1999 entry draft, we had the first 2 overall picks. We picked Hedin and Dedin. We actually had the 2nd and 3rd pick overall. In his finest work ever Burkie worked it so Atlanta would take Patrik Steffan #1 overall (stop laughing) and the Rangers would take Pavel Brendl 4th overall (stop laughing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Where's the proposal? That was my exact thought as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manroth19 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Vrbata + bieksa for bowey+laich Bonino+burrows for theodore Lack for rfa right brenden dillon Hamhuis to edm for 16th Sign macquad and soderberg Sedin sedin kass Baer horvat virt Higs soder hansen Kenins gaunce grenier Vey Edler tanev Dillon macq Sbiza weber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 No place for "Higgins, Hansen and Hamhuis"? Those are 3 vets I'd keep, or at least 2 of them. Bieksa, Richardson, and Matthais I'd move/let go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BI3KSA- Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 This thread is about as redundant as a thread could possibly be. And there isn't even a proposal to add any substance. SMH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 We actually had the 2nd and 3rd pick overall. In his finest work ever Burkie worked it so Atlanta would take Patrik Steffan #1 overall (stop laughing) and the Rangers would take Pavel Brendl 4th overall (stop laughing). You are right, my bad. I even went through the draft online before I posted that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 You have not submitted a proposal and this discussion is not "new"...it's been tossed around for awhile now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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