Still have a fast forward with skill between one of Moore and Nazar, still have Korchinski, still have Kaiser, still have Bedard. Now you add an extremely talented player. Its definitely a lot but you aren't giving up your own picks either.
and have zero depth to put behind those guys. You are basically Vancouver.
But you are still building, and you do have depth beyond those guys. This organization has a lot of depth right now. Slaggert is an after thought to most due to some tough NCAA seasons, me somewhat included, but he has tools to contribute at the NHL level.
It's just way too much for Pettersson, it's essentially 4 1st rounders, and then you have to pay him 10mil+ for 8 years and you set your building back another 2 to 3 years. The guys you listed will be lucky to be bottom 6 players, bottom pairing Dmen.
Yeah... they are probably bottom 6 or mid to bottom pair guys, but the question was about system depth, so I listed depth.
Yeah, we'd have our Draisaitl and McDavid with no championships to show for it.
Especially when you trade all your high draft picks for 1 player.
To Chicago:
-Elias Pettersson
To Vancouver:
-2024 TBL 1st round pick
-2025 TOR 1st round pick
-Lukas Reichel
-Nazar/Moore
-Allan/Vlasic/EDM
Allan/Vlasic/EDM is a throw in of either 4-6 D at best. Most likely in the 5 or 6 range due to offense.
No I saw him play real recent. He looked great. I guess I mean until he plays a full season post draft I list it as a ?.
That’s just silly. Matthews has decent defensive numbers because of his offense. … you can’t get scored on if you’re not in your zone.
Kucherov put up 128 like 5 years ago in a league where scoring was much less.
EP has had 1 season above a point per game in his career. MacK hasn't had a season below a point per game since 2017, Kucherov, since 2016.
I'm not saying it's a fact that he won't score 130pts. I'm providing facts that support my opinion that he won't do it. Slight difference. Guys do make huge jumps, and Pettersson made his last year. He was in a bad situation, but great players put up a ton of points on bad teams all the time, doesn't mean if they were in a better situation they would score even more, sometimes, they score less.
Lets hope the scoring remains up.
Of course, Mathews has the puck in the offensive zone most of the time. That's what you'd expect from all super-star offensive players, n'est-ce pas? He also is in the top 15 plus/minus players in the league and that accurately reflects his game. In fact, his scoring was slightly down last season but (unlike like many offensive stars) he is not anywhere close to being a liability when he doesn't put up the big numbers. He hounds the puck when he doesn't have it and uses his size and good stick effectively to get it back.
That's pretty much where I'm at. For EP anyway.
