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As a guy who doesn’t follow the whole league, how did the Ducks rebuild so fast?
Here’s what I can see—–
Mason McTavish: winner pick at 3rd overall.
Leo Carlsson: picked 2nd right after Bedard, he’s a stud
Cutter Gauthier: relationship w/Phillie went South. Ducks gave up a good young RH D-man in Jamie Drysdale
to get him but the trade went way better for Anaheim than the Flyers.
Beckett Sennecke: not sure if the Ducks have some genius scouting or what, but
he was ranked about 10th in 2024, and they selected him 3rd overall. Worked out great so far.
Jackson LaCombe: young d-man improved greatly.
Dostal got good.Signed Killorn when TBL had cap constraints. (IIRC)
Traded for Trouba on the cheap when the Rangers fell apart and let everyone know they were open for business.
Good signings of Kreider and Granlund.Nice summary. They also added Gudas too and didn’t trade away Troy Terry for draft picks. Verbeek hit on a lotta picks, trades and signings opting to add legit vets to their young core….. Despite signing TT and Bert KD has chosen to wait to see what his picks develop into before adding significant vets.
Team gets an historic ass kicking and the GM’s scapegoats the 7th D and 13th forward.
Oh wow, really nice to see you posting here, Steve. You’re gonna love reading Frenchy. Look forward to reading your guy’s interactions.
BS, Kuemper gets 3rd star of the game over Knight.
Keumper can steal games. When he’s on he’s a really good NHL goalie….. I was worried going into the 2nd this may be his night.
What are you doing Bedard you are up 2-0, just get it in deep, dumb move
Last yr Bedard would have thought next time I’ll skate thru them. This yr he knew instantly he mucked that up. Those mistakes outa him are becoming less and less. …. By the time the kid is 23 I doubt that happens.
Credit to Bedard going to the tough areas to score the PP goal.
That read was elite. The timing had to be perfect for Bedard to pop from the bumper to the high slot or else the open ice would have been defended. That’s how the best of them do it. ….. Great play by Bedard and Bert too.
This is how I saw Lardis as a jr. He’s very good at finding open ice in flow and although not Bedard’s shot this kid gets it off in a blink and it’s accurate. Great vison and IQ.
Great result, but man the youth rears its head in the 3rd. You gotta nitpick to find fault in anything Bedard has done this yr but up 2-0 with 9:00 left in the 3rd you don’t try and skate thru two defenders at the attack blueline. The hook with less than 2 too go up 1 was bad to. It almost cost em points. …. Club was connected and came in layers and waves. Along with their speed and structure the Kings couldn’t handle the Hawks for long stretches. That should only get better with NHL reps and familiarity with Blashill’s systems.
Slowly but surely I’m starting to believe Knight is a Hawk. What a blessing for Hawk fans.
For 3/4th of the 1st the Hawks looked more connected as a group than I’ve seen this yr. Every line. If this is what Blashill’s systems will look like once the team gets them down the club will regularly be dangerous and structured… Really great brand.
Wow, what a game. … The one thing I was sure about when Bedard was in jrs waas the kid has the best shot I’ve ever seen. Add the work ethic he’s shown since Day 1 and the kid is showing all of us his pride took over and his time in the NHL was not has not been good enough.
Kid at 20 is dragging the team with him.
Great breakdown, Frenchy. ….. Hawks have been better than anyone could have hoped for. They’re playing meaningful games, in the playoff hunt while WHILE they’re developing young players at the NHL level.
And indeed, possession needs to improve to take another step. Reasonable to think that will improve as the young players get 40-50-60 games of NHL reps.
KD and Blashill are hitting on most every decision with KD showing crazy patience. Rebuild is on a solid foundation.
A comeback win 3 goals down in the 1st is always huge but to do it to end a rough 5 game skid is a helluva building block and confidence builder. Team seems bought in and accepting the coaching as a group…… And indeed, this is the Bedard we all thought we were getting. The kid had that look in the preseason with an aggressive bend to his knees, playing low and hungry.
Too bad they couldn’t build on that effort with a couple more home games but start a rough west coast trip instead.
