GDT: #31 | Flyers at Wild | Saturday, December 12, 2024 | 2:00 PM Middle West Time | NBCSP

[freakydallas13]

Every team wants 12 top 6 forwards and 6 top 4 D-men.
The real choice is what skill set do you want in the mediocre players at the bottom of your roster.

Strawman argument.

Briere got rid of Hayes, Provorov, Atkinson and TDA.
The only "skilled" player moved was Walker, for a 1st rd pick.
Gleason, who they got for Attard, is more skilled and a better playmaker (good for young forwards).

Misleading, need to look at the real reason those trades were made.

 

[freakydallas13]

Nothing burgers.

Attempted dismissal of evidence that is contrary to your narrative; refusal to accept evidence.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Nothing burgers.

Laughton is the only one who'd have brought anything back, and his value is about the same (scoring more this year and a year off his contract).

The others, meh. I don't fret about picks after the top 100 anymore, especially as they load up with top 100 picks, you don't need more players like Murchison, Zanetti or MacPherson or Pautov. Are you worried they missed the chance to draft the next Mann?

You call every mistake the team makes nothing burgers. If it were true the team would be good.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

You call every mistake the team makes nothing burgers. If it were true the team would be good.

DB literaly said last off season there would be no more signing old dog vets to one last contract then went out and got EJ..

this Org. is the offical retirement home of the league...DB didnt even make it 1 season before jumping at another old dog

 

[Beef Invictus]

DB literaly said last off season there would be no more signing old dog vets to one last contract then went out and got EJ..

this Org. is the offical retirement home of the league...DB didnt even make it 1 season before jumping at another old dog

He also openly admitted he wouldn't even be trying to get much top end talent. Said they wouldn't be built that way. They're quadrupling down on building from the bottom out. They want the bottom 6 or even bottom 9 to be the core of the team with the two or three serious talents being complimentary to them.

Hence rushing to draft a middle/bottom six ceiling player in Luchanko rather than the more talented options.

 

[deadhead]

DB literaly said last off season there would be no more signing old dog vets to one last contract then went out and got EJ..

this Org. is the offical retirement home of the league...DB didnt even make it 1 season before jumping at another old dog

Who would you prefer they sit on the bench?

Before the season, they expected Andrae to start in LHV and weren't sure about Zamula or Drysdale.
If I had projected Andrae as a top 4 D-man I'd been laughed at.
Now Andrae/Zamula are both playing well next to Risto in that role.
And Drysdale had come on like gangbusters since he returned to the lineup.
So Johnson is now the #8 D-man. Which is good. He's a minimum wage veteran.