Dylan Guenther breakout star

[amnesiac]

edit: bumping this from last season. THe kid is going unnoticed playing in Arizona/Utah. THey really got a good one! He deserves a lot praise right now.

12G 28P in 29GP this season

30G 33A 66P in 74GP since last season

kicker is hes only 21 years old

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[Coffey]

 

[SensontheRush]

You either draft a Guenther, or you pick one spot later and get a Boucher.

 

[Ollie Weeks]

Pretty excited to see what he does with a (presumably) full season of games next year.

 

[amnesiac]

2 more one-timers

17G 33P 44GP

Theyre gonna like him in Salt Lake!

 

[JiricekSaveUs]

Love watching this player.

 

[rypper]

THANKS JIM.

 

[Raistlin]

THANKS JIM.

come to think of it, every GM would've picked him @9, but not so sure Jim would.

 

[ORRFForever]

He is terrific.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

We got OEL though so it was a good trade!

 

[VanillaCoke]

f u dimjim

 

[wetcoast]

42GP
15G
16A
31P
110 SOG

how underrated of a rookie season is this kid having? Wouldve surely been a finalist for the Calder.

Sure but we have Conor Garland right?

No disrespect to connor but I was choked at the time of that deal.

 

[DS7]

Sure but we have Conor Garland right?

No disrespect to connor but I was choked at the time of that deal.

That trade is probably the main reason Benning has no suitors knocking at his door offering a job.

 

[FinnishCoyote]

Cooley and Guenther are developing nice chemistry with each other, they are going to be fun duo next year.

 

[BonMorrison]

It was dumb he started in the AHL to begin with.

 

[samabam]

It was dumb he started in the AHL to begin with.

Maybe if he had shown up to training camp and preseason...

 

[BonMorrison]

Maybe if he had shown up to training camp and preseason...

Is that what happened? I can't find anything on this and see he has pre-season stats.

 

[Quinning]

You either draft a Guenther, or you pick one spot later and get a Boucher.

You either draft a Guenther, or you trade the pick for OEL and then buy him out for 7 seasons.

 

[Yasuo]

Was not he compared to Kyle Connor a few years ago? Look like he can be that type of player in his prime.

 

[Quinning]

That trade is probably the main reason Benning has no suitors knocking at his door offering a job.

There is a long, long list of other reasons.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Cooley and Guenther are developing nice chemistry with each other, they are going to be fun duo next year.

On 32 thoughts someone sent a long dm to Friedman basically saying after tall the hardship, the Coyotes have this duo blossoming just for them (Coyote fans) to watch them somewhere else.

 

[sting101]

Wow is he good.

Fitting for a Guenther thread that i ask the question the worst GM in the salary cap era is?

 

[samabam]

Is that what happened? I can't find anything on this and see he has pre-season stats.

you must have looked really hard... The Coyotes 2023-24 Training Camp is one of the first things to pop up in the search when you just type "Guenther" in it and look for posts before 2023-10-15 and has plenty of posts about him just not being ready.

Some quotes:
Guenther didn't show a ton, having him learn to carry a line in the ahl seems like a good thing

I thought Guenther had a spot to lose. I guess I was wrong.
He did. He lost it lol

Guenther is talented, but I would've sent him to Tucson too. He needs big minutes in the AHL, not the NHL. He also needs at least 10 lbs of muscle. He's simply just not ready.

You can find more, if you look for it.

 

[HFpapi]

I heard that the new SLC owner preferred an expansion franchise as opposed to inheriting the Coyotes.

What is he smoking?

Keller, Cooley, Guenther, Hayton, Maccelli.

These are some great young pieces well beyond anything he would've gotten in an expansion draft.

 

[Daximus]

I heard that the new SLC owner preferred an expansion franchise as opposed to inheriting the Coyotes.

What is he smoking?

Keller, Cooley, Guenther, Hayton, Maccelli.

These are some great young pieces well beyond anything he would've gotten in an expansion draft.

Probably why he's going through with the sale. The Yotes are in a very very favourable position for an owner who is willing to actually spend.

- A good young roster with guys like Keller, Schmaltz, Cooley, Crouse, Guenther, Macceli, McBain, Doan, Hayton, Raty, Geekie, Lamoureux, But, Lutz, Simashev, Hrabel. Lots of good young players on that team some locked up already for a couple years, some a couple years away.

- Projected $41.25 million in cap space this offseason for an owner looking to likely make a splash and generate some excitement for the team and some decent FA's potentially hitting the market like Stamkos, Reinhart, Guentzel, Marchessault, Monahan, Toffoli, etc.

- 3-1st round picks including a lottery ball this year, 10-2nd round picks and 7-3rd round draft picks over the next 3 years to either make some picks or trades.

I have a feeling that the Yotes as a franchise are no longer going to be a lame duck team that budgets it's way through every season and is perpetually rebuilding. Smith by all accounts is going to be willing to spend with this team and I think if he can sell the players on turning things around he has a good shot at getting quite a few of them to stay.