Yeah this is a huge piece of building if you don’t get lucky as shit and pull off guys who are clearly no brainer stars/studs within like 2-3 years in Malkin, Crosby, Staal
Ok here’s a positive one for you. No TJ winning a Vezina….would be hilarious to get 2 high firsts in both 26 and 27 from NYR and Sully bumbling around with Rust
Yeah, I don't really think it's the fault of the high draft picks there, but simply the realization that a team needs to function as a team, not as a few talented individuals and a roster that is an afterthought.
Even if you draft a Crosby or McJesus, the team has to function outside of them too. That's what killed the Oilers for years, we'll see if this year's going to be any different.
The other reality is the Caps showed you can be managed very well with terrific rosters top to bottom for years and years and really only get one deep run out of it. Like some of those 2010s teams for them were so f***ing good.
Scouting is the prime thing here, and while Dubas has proven to be a bit better thus far than some of his predecessors, I think we still can't say for certain.
I'm way too lazy to look up the past decade or so of drafts to check though.
You don’t even need to get the best player in the draft to win though. You just need to get a player capable of winning.I feel like a good 70% of the time, the consensus 1st overall pick ends up being the wrong one.
It’s weird. I remember like 9 years ago someone wrote an article about how strong 1 and 2 picks basically always turned out for like 15 straight years. Like you were guaranteed a core player basically.
That's why it's important to collect good young kids now. I think you can always those 1-2 top six wings in FA or through trade and I think some times have shown it's relatively easy to build out a decent defence by any of the three methods. So you can mix and match which way you do it. The key is not give 2nd rate players 1st rate contracts, ESPECIALLY in goal.
The major reason he would come here is to play alongside his childhood idol. Once Sid retired, he should be amicable to moving on to a contender if the team is complete dogshit at that point imo.
That's not how we do things in Pittsburgh.
True. Honestly though, once Sid is gone, Dubas is in, and FSG is the owner, I'm not sure we see much of that "deep sense of loyalty" to non-franchise players.
Oh cool, we'll only have dug ourselves a bigger hole to fill in than necessary.
If you trade Bryan Rust, the first thing you're looking for is a new Bryan Rust.
Chiarelli killed the Oilers for years. They would have had prime years of Hall and Eberle with McDavid/Drai without his idiocy.
Has he though?Scouting is the prime thing here, and while Dubas has proven to be a bit better thus far than some of his predecessors, I think we still can't say for certain.
It's also why I'm skeptical that people are all of a sudden taking scouts at face value about the depth of drafts and consensus picks and whatever. I know nothing about these kids but then again, same with most of the public scouting organizations.
