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Ok, back to hockey talk…
Lets say we end up out of the top 2 spots, which I feel is looking more and more likely… Who do we like in the draft?
If we end up 3rd, do we draft Verhoeff? Do we trade back and ask a kings ransom for a potential franchise RHD?
Beyond that, Ive heard management really like Smits.
I really like going for Malhotra and feel like this would be the best choice for us if hes here. I feel like wingers can be found, but franchise centers are not so easy and we have nothing in the pipeline at C.
Belchetz we’ve talked a bit about, I like him, would be cool to unite Greentree with his teammate here. I wonder if he drops in the draft because of the clavicle injury. That could be a real tactical move if he drops back a few spots.
LAF right now has 17 points in his last 20 games, since January. Hes definitely opened his game up a bit. Schneider has also looked better. They are still trade assets. as is Trocheck. Sure we need help in a variety of ways, but we do have tradeable assets as well as a lot of cap space. Thats why I say its not over yet, we will see what he does this off-season. I remain incredibly unhappy with how we got here, but these are the cards we’ve been dealt and we have no choice but to watch it all unfold.
Kreider was a blunder.
Trouba, look it was a bad trade, but there were days, weeks where people wanted him off the team, were willing to trade him for a bag of pucks… then he gets traded for a bag of pucks and people arent happy.
Same with Goodrow, people wanted him off the team. Said his cap hit was too high to justify his place in the lineup. However the way this was handled set of a chain reaction of really horribly managed moves.I was thinking about this whole RFA thing, and thought about how the whole Marner thing went down last off-season. Maybe Drury has something up his sleeve.
First move. What if we trade a cost controlled, low AAV 2C to Vegas, who needs all the help they can get to stay under the cap for Dorofeyev? Straight up. Hes due a massive raise, one that the Knights cant afford. Trocheck <> Dorofeyev
Second move. Trading Panarin to the Stars for Robo made no sense for Dallas. However, what if we trade Greentree to Dallas for Robo? Dallas has some cap space, but can they afford to pay another guy 14 million? Thats pretty much all the cap space they have for next year.
So now, when you look at the overall situation. Rather than trading Trocheck for a 1st, 3rd and a prospect, we get Dorofeyev, a 30+ goal scorer. Despite the controversy surrounding the initial return, the end game turns Panarin > Greentree > Robo. Another 30+ goal scorer.
Just messing with an idea.
This is inline with a TJ trade idea. Would you do those trade if it was reversed? Nobody in the world would trade a bonafide star for a prospect. There will be so much more needed there. Why would Vegas trade a 25yo 30+ goal scorer for a 33yo 50 point player? Trocheck was never a second line center, he is a 3rd line center. Vegas always finds a way. to make it work.
Drury has nothing up his sleeve nor in his head.
Where is Vegas going to find 11m per year to pay Dorofeyev?
Didnt Vegas get at 100+ pt player in Marner for a 3C in Nicholas Roy? How is this any different? Id argue Trocheck is a far better player than Roy.
Kreider would on pace for 57 pts and 31 goals this season if he played a full 82 games. The fact Drury traded that for a 3rd round pick is absolutely insane. The more I think about the position he’s put this franchise in the more aggravated I get he still has a job. And even firing him, the damage is done. He has destroyed this team for years to come.
What he does this off-season will determine whether he really has destroyed it. Hes gonna have a very high draft pick and some solid assets to work with.
As far as Kreider goes, despite the fact that Ive always been a bit of a Kreider hater, the fact that there was no market for Kreider and he settled for what he got was definitely a massive blunder. Again, this stemmed off of him opening his mouth about changes and all.
I was thinking about this whole RFA thing, and thought about how the whole Marner thing went down last off-season. Maybe Drury has something up his sleeve.
First move. What if we trade a cost controlled, low AAV 2C to Vegas, who needs all the help they can get to stay under the cap for Dorofeyev? Straight up. Hes due a massive raise, one that the Knights cant afford. Trocheck <> Dorofeyev
Second move. Trading Panarin to the Stars for Robo made no sense for Dallas. However, what if we trade Greentree to Dallas for Robo? Dallas has some cap space, but can they afford to pay another guy 14 million? Thats pretty much all the cap space they have for next year.
So now, when you look at the overall situation. Rather than trading Trocheck for a 1st, 3rd and a prospect, we get Dorofeyev, a 30+ goal scorer. Despite the controversy surrounding the initial return, the end game turns Panarin > Greentree > Robo. Another 30+ goal scorer.
Just messing with an idea.
Gonchars nephew having quite a year in OHL. Needs to put on like 25 lbs though.
Anyone been following Fortescue and Emery? They had a little bit of hype behind them, hows that looking?
Been checking out all these unsigned prospects. The Wolfpack might be getting a serious influx of kids next year. Greentree, Lamb, Fortescue, Aspinal, maybe Gonchar, maybe Battaglia, possibly whoever we draft this year with our 1st round picks.
