2025 NHL Draft: Lose a ton for Porter Martone

[hohosaregood]

the draft is just a way to acquire trade currency. draft well, develop well, get a lot of assets to trade.

 

[Lebanezer]

Did this all start because the argument was "the teams that win the Stanley Cup acquire superstars when they're available?"

 

[Jargon]

Did this all start because the argument was "the teams that win the Stanley Cup acquire superstars when they're available?"

Listen man, good teams draft well and also trade well (BUT ONLY WHEN THE TRADES ARE GOOD) and also they have good players.

 

[SjMilhouse]

Listen man, good teams draft well and also trade well (BUT ONLY WHEN THE TRADES ARE GOOD) and also they have good players.

Good teams score more goals than their opponents and I won't have anyone tell me otherwise.

 

[Jargon]

Good teams score more goals than their opponents and I won't have anyone tell me otherwise.

More goals but they also win more games which is also key.

 

[sharski]

IMO at the end of the day, whether you like it or not it is what it is

 

[Shark Finn]

A bit OT but there's a thread on the trade board where a Flyers fan wants a top-3 pick in this draft for Konecny. And some guy is arguing you need veterans too, so it must be a good move.

 

[STL Shark]

I don't know why everyone wants to be Buffalo so badly.

Being Buffalo would be never spending draft capital on actually improving the lineup around your star player(s). Even Buffalo now is a deeply flawed team because it's comprised of exclusively internally drafted/developed players that were BPA types that are being forced to try and play together when they don't fit.

I think drafting BPA is the correct stance based on when you're making a selection, but oftentimes making a draft selection isn't the best use of a draft pick if you can move it to build a more complete roster. Buffalo trading for Lehner and ROR were both good moves. The issue was they didn't do anything after that to keep moving it forward, but rather hoped and prayed Eichel/ROR would be enough to lift the entire boat.

Yeah, the Florida Panthers definitely win the Cup without trading for Tkachuk. And the Knights would have without trading for Eichel. And the Avs without Toews. And the Bolts without Sergachev. And the Blues without O'Reilly. Definitely none of those teams were built on trades.

They'd have had homegrown stars like Reinhart and Sam Bennett though too... oh wait. Well even with ROR, the Blues would have had homegrown 2C Brayden Schenn... wait, no he doesn't fit there either.

 

[STL Shark]

Did this all start because the argument was "the teams that win the Stanley Cup acquire superstars when they're available?"

It started because I said we should look to move some picks this draft to make the 2025-26 team better and start shifting into trying to establish some winning culture for Mack/Smith.