Proposal: Free agency edition Trade Rumours/Proposals [MOD - Stay on Topic] 5

[PlayOn]

Greig, Pinto, Tkachuk, Formenton, Batherson...hell, Logan Brown is like the textbook definition of boom or bust draft pick. If you look at their draft history, they've tried to play to the percentages, as in, you need to take a lot more shots at defensemen because of how few turn out. So there's a big number of defensemen drafted out of the overall pool of draft selections we've made. Just last year we had 6 draft selections and used 3 of them on D.

I’d also add that in the last three years we’ve used 5 of our top 6 selections on D. I think the Sens scouts could be better but our forward pool sucks primarily because we are relying on 4th round picks to hit. They did mess up their 10th overall pick in 2021 but other than that it’s really scarcity of 1st/2nd rounders used on forwards that is the primary issue.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Palmieri is really just an easy name to throw into the conversation as a cheap, short term solution.

It could be a Jared McCann, Rickard Rackell, Brayden Schenn, Trevor Zegras, Lawson Crouse or Alex Tuch, for a medium term, albeit more expensive solution.

The point is that we should focus on fixing the top 6 and the bottom 6 will take care of itself. There's no purpose in bringing in more experienced depth players if the top of the roster is still anemic due to the lack of offensive options.

established top 6 forwards are very hard to acquire and we have no assets to move for them. One of our prospects needs to take some unforeseen leap or free agency.

We’re not acquiring a top 6 forward unless it’s for a top 6 forward or our first.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Greig, Pinto, Tkachuk, Formenton, Batherson...hell, Logan Brown is like the textbook definition of boom or bust draft pick. If you look at their draft history, they've tried to play to the percentages, as in, you need to take a lot more shots at defensemen because of how few turn out. So there's a big number of defensemen drafted out of the overall pool of draft selections we've made. Just last year we had 6 draft selections and used 3 of them on D.

Okay but you can draft good D do they know this.

You’re saying we use a lot of capital on D and we’ve drafted (since the start of the rebuild) ONE potential top 4 guy lol. ONE. And kleven. And the rest a bunch of guys who seem to not be able to play.