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Happy Holiday’s to all. Hoping the season doesn’t spiral out of control. In fact, unless KD gets a NHL ready forward back in trade, I would keep the forward UFA’s until the end of the year.
I think it would be detrimental to trade the above for mid round picks and get to rerun the Rem Pitlick’s, Joey Andrrson’s, Brett Seney’s to close out the year.
Also Del Maestro, Allen, Korchinski, and Commesso’s ELC’s are up this year. KD will have to decide how his defense and goaltending is going to look like next year. IMO when Grzelcyk goes, and if/when Murphy goes, he will still need to bring in a vet as a 6/7 role to close out the season.
I know there is a faction that thinks being one of the worst teams in the league again this year is fantastic because of draft position. IMO especially with the way the team started(knowing it was really unsustainable, as Knight was not going to keep a .934 save percentage for the entire season), a bottom 3 finish to me is a failure, as outside of kids getting some NHL time, it proves that they (collectively not necessarily individually) showed they didn’t improve over last year. I hope that doesn’t happen. Have no illusion of them being in the playoffs, but would love to see them out of the bottom 5.
From recent comments by the GM, he is already preparing to go back to tank mode. Not surprising, IMO that is his DNA.
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What has KD built exactly?
He’s on his 4th coach.
There isn’t a sniper equal to DeBrincat
There isn’t a power forward with the heart of Hagel.
There isn’t a top defenseman in the system that is going to top out near Jones.
Ignores franchise opportunities in contract negotiations.
Gave away Kane.
Rushed Korchinski and Rinzel.
Let Demidov slip through his fingers.
Has fallen in love with his players.
Supporters are counting 100% on prospects evolving.
Could take lessons from Grier.
Should be removed from decision making by New Years.Yeah happy holidays & Christmas to all. Express in your words, the love you want all around you to feel.
Even with the Blackhawks, find no scapegoats or heels.
May the rushes be odd-man, and saves with the stick,
great health for the New Year, a gift from St. Nick.Up on the roof: where the pucks they will enter,
with amazing progress from every young center.And the D-men they shut down, stick check, make great hits,
for all 60 minutes and nobody quits.As the winter moves on, build a new winning team,
we lay down to sleep with this sweet hopeful dream.❤️
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone.
Merry Christmas to you as well, sir.
SFG you really are all about instant gratification.
They went being in another gm because he would destroy everything KD built then we’d be looking at another 5 to 10 years before we saw the playoffs.
I just don’t see any decisions regarding this present personnel group causes a playoff game playoff win or (gulp) Cup run.
Nothing that is decided now or in the next months determines that, and I don’t think Kyle gets a pass, but there hasn’t been a biug swing by him towards a NHL addition, but there aint many trades he can make that reshapes the room.
How Kyle and ownership handle additions via free agency and who determines further re-shaping, to me, again, is a question far down the developmental path, and not worth discussion now.
How does any meager moves now affect the next first round pick? It doesn’t matter enough to put him on a spike.
These are all sensible takes on the situation, thanks Wiz.
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