Currently the best & worst rebuilds ongoing

[Borlag]

It's harder to draft top goalies and top pairing dmen than scoring forwards. The fact Yzerman most likely has those position handled, he can start going after scoring wingers. Centers are harder to find, but he has Larkin/Kasper/Danielson/MBN/Lombardi (Lombardi is on a scoring vengeance in the AHL, sick hands).

The problem with Nashville is they couldn't draft scoring forwards to save their life. I think Yzerman excels at drafting scoring forwards. That's his bread and butter.

True, forwards also tend to develop faster which means he's going with it in the right order. At the moment it does appear that mediocrity is where they're still heading. I'm somewhat reluctant in putting all trust in Kasper, Danielson, Lombardi or Brandsegg, that is until they show that they have it in the NHL as well. That's an extremely big question mark, one that wont be answered until those guys actually step on the NHL and either start producing, or show that they don't have it. Kasper's 4 points in 16 games aren't exactly screaming top 6 production. Could he get there? Sure, but until he does, it's a question mark all the same.

There was a time when guys like Zadina and Mantha looked good, and were looked as the future stars for Detroit. It doesn't happen just because we hope it would.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Habs would be looking excellent had they taken Tkachuk, Michkov, Oettinger. Now that may have changed their positions but if it hadn’t, they’d be looking good with Tkachuk, Suzuki, Caufield, Michkov, Slaf, Laine. Plus other prospects

Or if they had a coach that could coach.

 

[OysterForever]

Ducks will be a contender in 3-4 years

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Of course as of today the Buffalo Sabres are in third place in the Atlantic division (although Tampa is one point out with two games in hand). Of course there is a major caveat: we have seen good starts in a few Sabres seasons before come crashing down. The season still has three-quarters left to be played. It is a young team so they may not have experience for a long grind. But they have recovered from a 1-4-1 start that had fans shaking their heads in “oh no not again” !

Seven of their next eight games are in the Queen City of the Niagara Frontier so they better pick up a bunch of points.

While I’m happy to see them in their position, I’m being cautious. Still lots of season left for them to shit the bed.