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I always laugh when analysts minimize a team trading away someone whos talented and say they didn’t really need them.
Hockey is the ultimate team sport and you go to the playoffs and win a Stanley Cup by having the accumulation of the most talent on your roster.
I still remember the days of fans going on and on of not having a 2nd line center and now that’s turning into we need a scoring winger on Bedard line.
The other thing to is when i look at all the other clubs in our division or conference how many teams got better?
This is why i truly believe analysts are not the sharpest tools in the shed. How can they possibly say SJ has a good off season? Nurse, Marchment and Trouba, the best thing that happened was they won the lotto to draft Stenberg, but then they traded Eklund away? Dumb move. So they have one less top 6 forward until Stenberg makes his debut and signed one mediocre top 4 dman, Trouba who’s a glacier and Marchment who’s got grit and not much else.
Ducks trade away a top 6 forward and a playmaking defender for what? I love that Verbeek played hardball with his center and Philly offered that contract. Just like Vancouver when they went to the playoffs, they are going to have trouble scoring that many goals again this season, will their defense improve probably not.
Not one team got stronger in our division or conference other than us and maybe the Preds but damn that team is old. Why because we have young talented inexperienced kids who are going to get better while most teams had to get rid of talent to stay under the cap.
Dallas looked woefully slow in the playoffs
Kings are done,
Really curious to see if Celebrini can continue his ability to score and now they are minus another top 6 forward
It just goes on and on.
So many look at what have the Blackhawks done? They had 11 first round picks in 4 years and they improved their team with a young blossoming defenseman. Was there a better addition to a team in the western conference? I really don’t think so
I do agree Wiz we need to see it on the ice, at the NHL level.
Not saying you specifically, that’s why most can’t see an up and coming team. It has become harder for KD since all these teams can keep their FAs because of the salary cap exploding.
I to question the Byram move but at the same time it may be an overpayment but it’ll be nice to get a top 4dman who can QB the power play.
I think the veteran top 6 forward is out there but unfortunately the price isn’t right yet.
We’ll see what talent minus NHL game experience will get us this year, 10 or more starters this season will have less than 100 games experience.
If my spidey senses are right, at one point it will come to a head and this team will be a monster to play against.
But then again if you have all these prospects and future draft picks you can create a bunch of layers to your hockey club, exactly like KD has done.
It’s funny how i continue to hear, you can’t build a team through the draft! from so many pundits.
It takes time but you sure as hell can. You’ve got to get your core in the draft.
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again the way the draft and the defenseman were developing early only makes this rebuild stronger.
I guess the best way to derail a rebuild is to offer $18 million a year to an up and coming player and watch that salary cap get real tight real quick.
I have to admit the more i sit and think
Byram and Rinzel
Vlasic and Arty
Kaiser and KK, EDM, or ColeThat top 5 is really really impressive.
Instead of trading for a scoring forward i wish there was a way we could create a 100 more games of experience for this team without sacrificing this up coming season but unfortunately that’s what its going to take. If Korchinski takes a nice step forward then we will have the best dmen group in the NHL
I think Bedard being out is more of a blessing in disguise. It will force the team to play as one.
I think things a little differently, this will be the first season all the dead weight is off the team.
Bedard was the only top 6 player we had when we drafted him, now the top 9 is filling in nicely with Nazar, Frondell, Kantserov, Moore, Lardis and a few others to mention.
This will be the best 3rd and 4th line we’ve had in 10 years with Greenway, Smith, Donato, Teuvo, Boisvert, Slaggert, Greene and whatever kids surprise in camp.
KD has done something most fans don’t realize, our defense is going to be one of the best skating groups in the league which will only help them in transition and not being stuck in their own end.
Blackhawks lost 22 games by one goal last year, they also gave up 15 EN goals? So they lost 35 games by one goal? 14 were OT losses, so 20 games if they had just an ounce of more talent they could tie or win in OT last season? They are so close.
If Petterson produced like he did 3 to 4 years ago, sure. The past 2 years, no thanks.
It sucks that Bedard got hurt but at the same time the Blackhawks last year were 5-7-1 when he missed the month last year.
It’s a team sport, is our defense better I think so.
Is our forwards group better, i think so
Goalies better, i think so
It’ll be interesting but i believe this team will be better than they were last year.
Just found out the contract is an $85 million dollars signing bonus??? So we’ll see if the Ducks are still a poverty franchise? I guess he would get paid the other $5 million over the next 5 seasons.
Blackhawks would be able to afford that, but i have to imagine the blue jackets are growing concerned….
That’s crazy though
