I love this post. "it's impossible to draft well when you have late pick!" The ducks have been killing every draft. They are the best team to watch. Skill, size, toughness, speed and real character, not this bs that Bergevin is trying to say we have.Anaheim's defense without Fowler Vatanen and Lindholm is better looking than ours fully healthy.
It also helps when you have Bergeron and Krejci along with decent 50-60 point wingers like Marchand, Recchi, Horton, Lucic, Seguin, and even Reilly Smith....................Issue is that Julien knows his system works. He needs all his players to buy in.
Bigger issue is I just don't think they're capable.
That defense can't transition the puck. The forwards stand no chance.
There's no cohesive break out. Just poke outs, wrap around the boards, chip off the boards, etc.
There isn't one single high quality puck carrier there.
But you can hardball Markov for a million or so. Markov was even willing to have a one-year deal. Double standard Bergevin at its finest. Never mind the first Subban negotiations....
Not re-signing Radulov and Markov was his big mistake. Hiring CJ for 5 years is another huge one.. Giving a fat contrcat to a 30 y.old goalie is the cherry on the cake.
Drouin and Pacioretty has absolutely 0 chemistry. Can't believe they are still together.