GDT: 3/30/25 Utah @ Hawks 3pm CHSN

Drives me bonkers. I want to know who is the voice of reason in the front office to be say things like "hey guys, maybe in three years when Colton Dach is 26 and getting passed around the League, we won't look back at this moment and say 'we have too many 2nd round picks already!'"

The two biggest benefits of the draft are (a) potentially getting a superstar and (b) team control. Especially if a player is not a superstar, team control is huge. Maybe Hawks are banking on Levshunov signing an 8-year extension after a first level breakthrough, right before a second breakthrough and you get a great value longterm deal (Jack Hughes and Tim Stutzle are great recent examples here)... but there are a lot of other possibilities that could happen... like for one, he just doesn't sign a deal that could cost him like $8 million in total contract value if he thinks he is poised for a big breakout.
Just IMO, by burning a year it let's the Hawks negotiate AL'S next contract after next year. It let's the Hawks maybe lock him up long term before he potentially fully breaks out.
 
WTF if the point of having all these D up if we can't let them freewheel and try to run an otherwise bleak offense. This is stupid, getting scored on while playing conservative hockey, might as well earn the L with some excitement.
 
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Well, the first two periods were awesome. Collapse in the third, but that's youth for you.

Rinzel looked amazing and I really liked Moore a lot as well.

We need more seasoning but the youth is here to stay and this is going to be a really fun team going forward.

Get Del Mastro back in next game!!
 

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