I don't understand why Guerin has been (rumored to be) in a hurry to move Rossi, when all Rossi has done is heeded the advice he's received, improved every single year without fail, plays a very important position, and, if he continues to progress this year, does it at a level that is quite good.
They just need to understand that having one of Eriksson Ek, Rossi or (prospectively) Yurov as the 3rd line center would be a great strength.
Any Billy Blunders in next couple years could signal the end of Kaprizov, so careful what you wish for.
I mean, if the return is high enough anyone and everyone should be fair game for a trade. That said, I think Billy is a fool to trade Rossi for anything less than a slam dunk W trade. I think Rossi is just getting better and better..
Obviously if there's a trade out there that makes us better (not that the Gretzky trade made Edmonton better), then by all means. But if he trades him because he's 5'9" and it allows him to bring in another Trenin or two, I would find it to be a high probability of a mistake.
I don't think so. Just using it as an example of how a Rossi trade could be displeasing to me. Let's not pretend that he doesn't have an affinity for those types of players. Just loosely piecing that together with all of the Rossi trade smoke from last year (which I am mostly hoping is just smoke).
At some point you have to look at Guerin at how bad Iowa is and how it's affecting the prospects.
Gotcha. I was wondering if you were targeting trading Fiala as the comparable while Foligno/Hartman both received mid sized contracts (Zucc too, but he produces).
It's hard to be good when all of your top prospects just go right to the NHL. It also could be that the defensive prospects are not that good. That would fall on the draft team in my books.
They still have a lot to improve upon but it's been night and day compared to last year in all honesty. Still not sure that Brett McLean is the guy but it's been better.
Uhm, I think moreso the majority of the problem, is the GM that traded him is still the teams current GM. And based on what we all saw over the last few years Fiala was here, sure as hell appeared he didn't want him and for sure isn't going to bring the guy back. I'd also be fairly surprised if Fiala would even come back.
Fair point, but I'll add that was 12 years ago and a totally different GM group.
Is it Guerin's fault that Yurov/Buium/Ohgren/Khusnutdinov/Heidt/Kumpulainen/Stramel/Lorenz/etc either can't or chose not to play for Iowa? Serious question.
You realize the percentage chance for non 1st or 2nd round picks to make the NHL is extremely low, right? Beckman was mediocre.
Right now. Again your words not mine as fans were told last year that Iowa should be better this year with better players coming in and the rookies and young players taking a step forward.
I'm concerned that Wallstedt is going to bust because of the dumpster fire of teams in front of him. I'm surprised he's not shell shocked by now.
I hate this because it's not about any given year but overall. Teams get contributions from first and second round picks all the time. That's the depth teams generally develop. They aren't all going to be top 6 players but contributing to the overall depth of the team.
Ever year we hear this same bullshit. Bankier is coming. Spacek is coming. Haight is coming. The team is going to get better. The team will start winning. Look at the thread on the AHL last year. The prospect thread. Oh look posters keep saying the team will get better because the prospects have a year under their belt. That better veterans are going to come in. And yet the team is a disaster.
