GDT: 2022 NHL Entry Draft - Round 1 - July 7th - 7 P.M / Round 2-7 - July 8th - 11 A.M
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Not really. Hextall did not trade Giroux, Voracek, etc. He never truly committed to a rebuild. He did not do what the Blackhawks and Yotes are doing now. Patrick was his only top 5 pick.
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If Talbot is on the move he would be a decent option, certainly better than Allen. But Keumper is the guy.
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What does that have anything to do with what I said? I am talking about being passive with the current state of your team -- having insane capital on hand with picks and prospects, and not really doing anything with it other than drafting and staying the course. That's what Hextall did and he probably kept his job longer than he should have because of it. That's what Fitzgerald is doing as of right now. Hopefully it changes.
This can also change instantaneously with a big move, but I don't trust him to do that right now.
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Basically Vanacek for a 3rd, don't hate it in the short term but this isn't the answer.
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If you are familiar with how analytics types think, picks in the top 5-6 range have much more value than picks in the teens which is where the Flyers were often picking. Hesxtall and Fitz have been in very different positions with respect to their assets.
I think the Devils rebuild is right on schedule. I thought it would take 8 years from 2015.
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I’m whatever on this. Miles better than what we have. I’ll take it.
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LOL so we gave up a third and moved down nine spots. Meh, but that pretty much described every goalie option
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That is a pretty good price for a goalie like that. I'll take it. Better than giving up prospects ect and stoll have a 2nd rounder
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The surprising selection of RD Simon Nemec at #2 overall changes the Devils priorities for Day Two. [NOTE: I've edited this post, because I made a couple of statements which @Captain3rdLine thought were too speculative, and after careful consideration, I agreed he was right.] I'm guessing the...
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That could be another tank tandem. I don't see any shot we make the playoffs with that tandem, without being one of the top-5 scoring teams in the league.
There was actually one year (I think?) where Lindy Ruff was in Dallas and they missed the playoffs with the second highest scoring team in the league when they had the FINNISHED Finns in Lehtonen and Niemi manning the crease.
Allen/Blackwood feels a lot like that type of tandem.
The way I see it is that Blackwood has a significantly HIGHER ceiling than Allen, but he also has just as much LOWER of a floor than Allen does.
If you asked me which one had the better chance of being a .915% or better goalie this year, I'd say it's Blackwood by a SIGNIFICANT MARGIN.
If you asked me which one has a better chance of being an .895%-.900% goalie this year, I'd say it's also Blackwood by a SIGNIFICANT MARGIN.
I hope this organization isn't as high on Blackwood as I'm fearing they are. And by having to go with someone like Reimer, Allen, etc, that pretty much means that a Kuemper/Campbell won't outprice keeping Blackwood beyond this year, but if he has one more bad f***in year let him WALK as an RFA. This thing can't go on like the never ending Cory movie. ''Oh, he's gonna bounce back! Did you see his last few games?'' I still believe that only helped get the last GM canned before he probably should have been.
Blackwood's AHL career should be enough of an indicator that Blackwood might not be all that good and that the injuries only made him absolutely UNPLAYABLE last year and that a healthy Blackwood might be merely playable, but just not any good.
That said, once again, Husso for $4.75 million for 3 years is a f***in travesty. Kuemper and Campbell are probably gonna be looking for $7 (and they more than likely won't get THAT MUCH but they'll be asking) if they see a guy like Husso is worth $4.75 million.
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