Oscar The Grouch
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I'm always weary of big kids dominated junior...
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NHL Entry Draft Future Draft Watch
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I'm always weary of big kids dominated junior...
Sens of Anarchy
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you including 16 year olds in that?
Alf Silfversson
Registered User
I think he might end up being a bit of a riser in the draft. He's tearing it up in the W this year and he's doing it often with less than the best linemates. He never takes a shift off and plays a solid 200 ft game.
He's not quite as physical (yet) but I get Travis Konecny vibes from this guy. He'll need to fill out but in 2-4 years that shouldn't be a problem. Wouldn't be surprised to see him go somewhere in the 18-32 range in the draft. Fun player to watch.
Senovision
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This goalie was pretty solid in the WJC.
Petteri Rimpinen, 18, remains undrafted, but NHL teams will surely give him a second look come June after his outstanding performance in Ottawa. Playing every game for Finland, the Kiekko-Espoo product has made 202 saves – more than any netminder besides Latvian hero Linards Feldbergs (210) – and posted a tournament-leading 93.9 save percentage to go with his 2.12 GAA.
Petteri Rimpinen, 18, remains undrafted, but NHL teams will surely give him a second look come June after his outstanding performance in Ottawa. Playing every game for Finland, the Kiekko-Espoo product has made 202 saves – more than any netminder besides Latvian hero Linards Feldbergs (210) – and posted a tournament-leading 93.9 save percentage to go with his 2.12 GAA.
PlayersLtd
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On F yes, I am similarly cautious but that's when players are masking bad skating and hockey iq with size. Not on D and not Keaton Verhoeff. I watch him a lot and he is a monster. Good skater, very smart player, great positionally, competes hard. He is good in nearly all aspects of the game and not in a flashy way which counts for a lot in my books. He is just solid all around and the offensive awareness is a bonus. He plays like a stay at home D with a surprising offensive toolbox.
It should be noted that on Victoria he is not leaned on as the top RD as Nate Misskey gets a lot of the top assignments. That's not a knock at all, just illustrates Victoria's depth. We have the best D in the WHL, possibly the CHL. That has allowed Verhoeff to thrive this year.
Xspyrit
DJ Dorion
Don't draft any goalie or D-men, we need FORWARDS
They should sell at the deadline (but won't happen), pile up assets and try to draft some talent. I know it shouldn't be this way but have to rebuild the turd that Pierre Dorion has built.
Choose who you keep. Stutzle, Sanderson, Pinto, Greig, Kleven, Ostapchuk are still young. Trade everyone else.
Normally I wouldn't say trade Brady or Chabot but these guys are getting too old, they need to make the playoffs now for their own good. Batherson is borderline too. He could be traded too I guess
Unless they start scoring and winning seriously in the next few weeks, I think we'll be forced to go through a retool.
They should sell at the deadline (but won't happen), pile up assets and try to draft some talent. I know it shouldn't be this way but have to rebuild the turd that Pierre Dorion has built.
Choose who you keep. Stutzle, Sanderson, Pinto, Greig, Kleven, Ostapchuk are still young. Trade everyone else.
Normally I wouldn't say trade Brady or Chabot but these guys are getting too old, they need to make the playoffs now for their own good. Batherson is borderline too. He could be traded too I guess
Unless they start scoring and winning seriously in the next few weeks, I think we'll be forced to go through a retool.
PlayersLtd
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Don't disagree with the potential for a retool but to suggest it's because of age is attributing the deficiencies in the roster incorrectly. Brady is only 25...
We are a top 5 young team in the NHL, a full two years below the average age of the last 5 cup winners and that is inflated by two players that are in their twilight years. Trade because of age and we will find ourself looking for experience.
Also, Drake is not a consistent player for us but he is still on an excellent contract for a 70 pt player. You don't trade that unless it's because his value is so high you can't ignore it.
Other than getting our starting vezina calibre goalie back, what this team needs is a fast, skilled finisher that can find chemistry with Stutzle. That will stabilize the lines and allow us to tool around the edges. That isn't to say it solves everything but we are more or less stuck with what we have shy of a mini rebuild (like NYR in 2019?). However, the team has shown enough flashes that we should not be impulsive in that sense, we just need health and to lean into our pro scouting and win a trade.
Xspyrit
DJ Dorion
I never said it was BECAUSE of age. What is the other option? Trade Stutzle and Sanderson?
This is Tkachuk 7th season, Chabot 8th season... they haven't sniffed the playoffs yet. Sincerely, I'd ask for a trade if I was them so maybe we should move them before they ask it themselves and damage their value.
Matthews and Marner are in their 9th season... imagine
I don't know if people realize but Karlsson and Duchene were 27 in 2017-18 (the season when the rebuild started), Stone, Dzingel and Pageau were 25. Ceci was 24. Hoffman was 28 and Brassard was 30.
We were a young team 3 years ago, we're not young anymore. Tkachuk will turn 26, Batherson is about to turn 27, Chabot 28. Giroux, Perron and Jensen at the end of the road, we have a few young players and not much coming in the next 3-4 years. We should be entering the team's peak, and frankly I am less and less convinced there is contender potential.
Agreed but maybe we should trade him while he has value, IF you determine that this team is not going anywhere. 21 games before the trade deadline. If I am the GM, I'd need the team to show me an impressive record, 10-9-2 would NOT CUT IT.
I don't know, this team should be primed to do "some damage" but seriously, we're 19-18-3 mid-season so unless there's a major turnaround in the 2nd part of the season, a retool might not be avoidable.
I also don't want to be a team that relies on Vezina level goaltending to barely make the playoffs every season. This is not enough.
