Official 2024-25 Utah HC Season Discussion.

[Jakey53]

I said it last summer when assets were spent on Sergashev and I'll say it again, the team has a real Owner and a fanbase to excite so imo there is no way they stand pat and wait years for assets to develop. I expect more draft picks and possible prospects to be spent to get some real help right now. I think it's the logical move.

Who said anything about waiting years? BA has shown to be patient in the past and I think that will continue. I guess it will depend who is available and at what cost. I think BA would be a dumb fool to make a Hall type trade at this time.

Yeah. They can only fill so much of the roster with home-grown talent. They'll have to bring in help to strengthen the roster via trade or FA anyways at some point as the final stage of the rebuild. So long as they're not wasting assets on a rental or a short term fix I'm all for it.

I just won't be surprised if this TDL ends up being uneventful for us. Especially with all those players coming off of IR. I'm hoping for another interesting off-season so either way.

Opportunities to trade for young, in their prime defenseman like Sergachev don't happen often. If something like that comes up I'm sure BA will take a look whether it's pre TDL or during the off-season though. So anything is possible.

That's how I see it.

 

[Jamieh]

Who said anything about waiting years? BA has shown to be patient in the past and I think that will continue. I guess it will depend who is available and at what cost. I think BA would be a dumb fool to make a Hall type trade at this time.


That's how I see it.

And who exactly suggested a Hall type trade?

 

[AZviaNJ]

If we miss the playoffs by 2 points, we would have roughly 94 points, that is a 16 point improvement, which is success based on last year. Its still year 5 for BA, missing the playoffs 5 years in a row couldn't have been the goal in BAs master plan. 94 is close to meeting expectations, still not in the playoffs, its not exceeding the 5th year expectation for any GM. The team has never over achieved under Bear/BA, in fact they have been under the Vegas odds in points per year mostly.

At some point, they will both be held accountable, and which year do they run out of, "we are still young, Chayka left a mess, we are broke" ? At some point they will turn from reasons to excuses. If we make the playoffs, Smith likely sticks with both of them. If we don't, Smith needs to take a hard look at both of them. I have said many times that i think the team is misconstructed, built wingers first, and BA took too long to start the rebuild, I hope I am wrong and we make the playoffs this year, and go further in them next year.

Both before and after the move they prioritized draft picks and invested in development staff. The rebuild is not yet complete. Supplementing with vets like Sergy is great…but shouldn’t be the priority.