Heard some disturbing commentary by a draft pundit who said that Lekkerimaki is dyslexic and has dual personalities. Apparently, he’s one way on the ice but has difficulty interacting off the ice. I don’t know how much teams delved into this or if it was even an issue but it sounded as if this prospect was going to be a handful. Don’t kill the messenger, I’m just sharing what I heard.
That’s an excellent point when compared to what Romanov’s salary demands likely would have been. A bonus for sure, provided Dach can get back on the path that was expected of him.
True but Hughes wasn’t going to attend to all areas of weakness with one draft and a weak draft class at that. I think there will yet be moves that will surprise by the time the summer is done.
KK's had too many flaws and It think we all saw enough of it to make our own opinion.
That is where our revamped development team and skills coaching expertise will begin paying dividends. Hoping it’s complemented by one of the league’s best medical staffs. We can’t possibly have the same level of lost man-games again next season.
To be fair, most pundits tabbed this as a weak draft. Then our draft observers who posted here, kind of echoed that sentiment. You could say there were reasons for that conclusion.
He looked really impressive in his rookie year but nothing worthwhile in his case since his wrist injury.
Yeah KK literally did not improve his balance, skating or strength since he was drafted
I'm not a pro scout by any means. But watching KK for 3 years in Montreal and a year in Carolina and 20 seconds of Dach skating, I can safely say that Dach is already the better player and has upside to excel beyond what KK can dream of being.speaking of kk, how much capspace does carolina have?
The KK reference has become a bust meme for any tall player who hasn’t improved after 3 years or more in the league. If someone doesn’t like Dach, there he is, your new KK.
Plus the @Fenwick McCorsi classic about how Wright’s face is a combo of Therrien and Drouin features and is damn scary.
It actually starts with his hot mom. #prioritiesman that highlight video starts with a pass he completely lost that miraculously bounces off of his leg into the net
I was one of the clueless who was upset we settled for Suzuki instead of demanding Glass. I am such an expert
Agree that Romanov hasn't shown much offensively. But he's progressed unbelievably this past season and was our best dman the whole year on a historical bad team at age 22. Dach, on the other hand, didn't show any progression and got outplayed by freaking Dylan strome, braden hagel, etc to a point that chicago gave up on him for the 13th oa pick to draft 5'9 frank nazar. Playing C didn't work out and they out him on RW next to Toews also didn't work out. Let's hope this trade will not turn out to be another Griffyn Reinhart / matt barzal
More than 2, meaning it's okay to have 2 rookies in your top 6? ( You don't want a rookie not developing by being your no.7. ). That's awful. That D will get destroyed and development will suffer. Ideally you have 0 rookies and you rotate rookies as you have injuries. At most 1 rookie in the starting 6 in my view.
I think most did since at the time it was considered that Glass > Suzuki, even among Vegas management.I was one of the clueless who was upset we settled for Suzuki instead of demanding Glass. I am such an expert
The great complimentary d-man will be Ghule. I'd always imagined Romanov as our hard hitting, good transition #4, which I'd say he was fulfilling.
