Player Discussion Most disappointing Hughes Acquisition (All Michkov draft talk here)

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I look high and low, but Pollock reincarnated in Hughes I didn't find.

There are many sins one can commit as a GM but the one that even the devil never makes is to draft by need. BPA was, is and will always be the path.

Rein instead of Michkov is worse then Adam chomping at an apple....
 

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I look high and low, but Pollock reincarnated in Hughes I didn't find.

There are many sins one can commit as a GM but the one that even the devil never makes is to draft by need. BPA was, is and will always be the path.

Rein instead of Michkov is worse then Adam chomping at an apple....
That's a great analogy. Sounds like Hughes might be Adam reincarnated
 

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Buffalo sucks with Power and Dahlin , no way Reinbacher is going to save us. Oh wait we have Barron and Matheson we are loaded in sure he will be in good hands.
 

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Buffalo sucks with Power and Dahlin , no way Reinbacher is going to save us. Oh wait we have Barron and Matheson we are loaded in sure he will be in good hands.
We don't need RB to save us. We got loads of talent coming up. You've seen what Hutson can do. Next up is Demidov... Laine is looking like a great pickup.

We're in good shape man. Whether we missed out on Mich or not we've got good talent up front.
 

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Romanov is a LD, not a RD. He prefers to play left and he is used that way by the Isles.


maybe Michkov decides to finish his whole contract in the KHL, too…...
We just don't know. Again, so far I have trust in Hughes and accept that there must be a good reason in not taking Michkov and taking Reinbacher instead.
 

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We don't need RB to save us. We got loads of talent coming up. You've seen what Hutson can do. Next up is Demidov... Laine is looking like a great pickup.

We're in good shape man. Whether we missed out on Mich or not we've got good talent up front.

I like our core group of kids as long as we continue to get bigger and meaner to mix in with that skill. Our blueline is going to let us down , but honestly I think we could fix that if we get a good Calgary draft pick this year. Move it for one of their stud prospects perhaps? You think Calgary would take their first rounder back for say...Zayne Parekh?
 

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I look high and low, but Pollock reincarnated in Hughes I didn't find.

There are many sins one can commit as a GM but the one that even the devil never makes is to draft by need. BPA was, is and will always be the path.

Rein instead of Michkov is worse then Adam chomping at an apple....







"We picked Reinbacher over Michkov!"



 
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Lafleurs Guy

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I like our core group of kids as long as we continue to get bigger and meaner to mix in with that skill. Our blueline is going to let us down , but honestly I think we could fix that if we get a good Calgary draft pick this year. Move it for one of their stud prospects perhaps? You think Calgary would take their first rounder back for say...Zayne Parekh?
I don't think our blueline is going to let us down at all. Ghule and Hutson are already studs. We've got X and Struble as 3rd stringers on the left side. So that's covered really nicely.

RB should be able to slide in on the right just fine. Even if he doesn't live up to the pick, he should be a steady Eddie presence there with Hutson which is all we really need. Then you've got Mailloux and Baron on the way up. If we don't trust them we can leverage Matheson+++ for some help on the right. And honestly, that might not be a bad idea. We could keep one of those guys to learn on the 3rd pair and maybe deal the other away for some more experienced help.

We've got so much depth on the blueline coming up. Left side is pretty set. It's just the right we need to worry about. And as much as I've seen you complain about RB, his profile is that of a steady performer. That's exactly what we need.
 

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So you're going to conflate games played as a first year 18 year old and use them to sell your narrative huh? To try and say with a straight face that how he played as a teenager in the NHL is representative of how to analyze him going forward and assess the potential is simply either purposefully disingenious or just plain stupid. And you guys can't see why your opinions and posts just can't be seriously considered by anyone approaching moderate. There are 5-6 posters on this site that lack any kind of patience at all, every little thing is just worthy of crying on the internet about. I mean look how fast someone in particular liked your post lmao.

That being said there are big concerns about Kirby, he looks like he's not even in great shape, of course even being patient the compete level isn't inspiring anyone. As has been said ad nauseum around here though, he deserves at least a half season to get back up to speed, he suffered a massive injury and that isn't gonna change because it's easy to mash words into your keyboard. Rational people aren't just going to give up on him and call for the GM and coaching staff to be fired though, that's for a very special contingent of internet karens to do. Obviously even on these boards, filled with hardcore fans, that contingent is a small minority. Thank god for that.
Dach fragile, he knows it, he's playing scared. Looks like he has lost confidence. Many under Marty has.
 

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