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TheREALWiz wrote:

Also the idea of “using the 3 2026 seconds (Hawks, Isles, Toronto), and the 3rd and 4th as trade bait to acquire veterans is never going to land you any really good veteran, unless it ends up the hawks are giving a current rostered player, a pick, and a veteran that isn’t already penciled in as a keeper.

Agree Wiz, Like I wrote on our main thread, we’ll have to trade picks and prospects down the road to get something of value back. List of quality free agents will be drying up in coming years due to the cap rising, IMO. Next summer, I can see another accumulation of young talent using the 2-1st and 3-2nd round picks. Maybe even packaging a couple of 2nds for an end of the round 1st if KFC targets a player that is available.

Frondell should help next year. They are likely to still have Donato, Burakovsky, Bertuzzi and Teuvo next season too. Maybe one goes at the 2027 TDL. If Kantserov comes over I think they are likely to extend Mikheyev for a year or two. Foligno probably retires and with Lafferty and Dickinson leaving one way or the other, at least two or three forward spots open up. Maybe a high 2026 pick will be one of them with Moore, Greene, Lardis and possibly Kantserov competing for full time spots.

Eventually there probably be a big trade. It depends what the Hawks need, who is available and what the other team wants. Hard to predict.

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Breagbag wrote:

LAHawk wrote:

<p style=”line-height: 27px !important; transition: all;” data-userway-s17-styled=”true” data-line-height-feature-value=”1″>So that huge 2026 UFA forward class is now down to Kempe, Panarin and Necas. Unless you want to include Nick Schmautz as a difference maker.

<That’s why drafting is king, especially as the cap rises, teams will be signing their guys.

Yeah, the thoughts most of us had the past few years about signing that “Hossa like player” or a scoring forward through free agency likely won’t be happening due to the cap increase.
Now, I think the way to get other players to fill gaps in the lineup will be via trade. And the trade bait will be the accumulated draft picks and/or the stable of prospects.

With Moore, Greene, Lardis, Kantserov, Boisvert, Vanacker, Frondell, Nestrasil, West coming up the next few years there will be more forwards than spots on the team.

Can say the same with goalies within a couple of years. A couple among Knight, Soderblom, Commesso, Gajan and the 2 young Russians (assuming the last three develop into something) will be available.

I could argue that the defense has the least assets to trade. Vlasic, Kaiser, Lev and Rinzel will probably be 1-4. EDM, Allan and KK are 5th and 6th types. And depth is still needed justifying keeping the last guy around.

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Mr Ricochet wrote:

BM and MH you gonna make a GDT for each game?

I’m not. Happy to stay here.

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Breagbag wrote:

Man, what is with these forums and posts just disappearing? Btw, looks like McDavid just made a statement signing for less to stay in Edmonton. 12.5 Mil for the best player in his prime.

You checking the “I’m not a robot box” just below the comment field before submitting your post?

Surprised at McD signing for only 12.5M. Giving Stan the opportunity to fill in pieces around him the next 2 years. Good for him.

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Thanks Frenchy for the update from last night’s game. The upcoming topics will be interesting to read too.
I read Slaggert left the game after one shift in the 3rd. Blashill says it nothing serious, but will know more tomorrow (Sunday). Hopefully IR isn’t in the cards, but, if so, there may be a one week reprieve for either Moore, Greene, or Reichel.
Prospects did all right last night –
Bosivert – 1G and 1A
Nestrasil – 1G with 8 SOG
Frondell – Hat trick on Saturday following his 2 G on Friday
Gajan gets the win last night for UMD stopping 14 of 15 shots
Vanacker and Behm with a goal each in the OHL

Edit – Jets’ Perfetti hurt last night. Could be serious and out long term. Trade partner for Reichel?

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CoachFrenchy wrote:

Frenchy

I found HockeyHotStove on Facebook and got the news about the migration to a new server. Enjoy the time off Frenchy. You’ve been working a lot the last few weeks and deserve some time down.

Hope you get the chance to watch the Hawks tonight. If you do jump in here with some of your astute analysis.

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Craig Button, TSN analyst has listed his top 32 2026 prospects. No surprise, McKenna is #1. Mostly forwards in the top 10 and a lot of D in the 11-19 range.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/nobody-close-to-no-1-mckenna-on-craigs-list/

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BetweenTheDots wrote:

<Wow the Ducks signed LaCombe to a nice contract, amazing i guess things are changing in Anaheim, or they saw what Kaprizov signed for and were like we might want to offer guys fair deals a year prior they hit RFA contract.

43 points for Lacombe last year. Lane Hutson with 66 points last season. He should get 10+M next year. What will Rinzel or Lev get if they put up decent numbers the next two years?

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This thing back up? Per their Facebook page HHS is migrating from a shared server to a dedicated server. Traffic capacity and database needs to be increased. Looks like we lost some of the September 30 posts.

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Good game for all the kids. Granted, Minnesota didn’t ice their best, but this type of game should give the Hawks youngsters a big boost of confidence. Vlasic listed as day-to-day. Let’s just hope he’s ready for the regular season.

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