Official Tank Thread

[HuGort]

We sit 10th. But only a point from 6. Philly, Pitt, St.Louis, Anaheim are within a point. Close to Desnoyers territory

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

 

[Scriptor]

We sit 10th. But only a point from 6. Philly, Pitt, St.Louis, Anaheim are within a point. Close to Desnoyers territory

That would be the dream if thinking of a realistic C with top-6 upside that we could actually get (not Misa or Hagens, both more unrealistic as hoped targets). If not, hopefully, we can land a Carter Bear to add pace and tenacity, while still bringing skill to the top-6 down the line.

 

[Scriptor]

Also, this is a draft with very unclear ranking of prospects. While it is regularly next to impossible to move up to the top-5, it might be a draft where moving up from 8th to 7th, for example, by adding a 2nd 1st round pick might be achieved. That could make the difference between getting a Desnoyers or not.

I would target a player, even if that meant losing our 2nd 1st round pick in the process. The Habs are at that point where they need to fill holes as soon as possible and picking a solution in next year's draft, or the one after that just stretches out the wasted years of good contracts to Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle and Slafkovsky.

Treading Evans should give us another 1st round pick, or, at worst, another 2nd round pick. With a third first round pick or three second round picks, that leaves Hughes many darts to target RHDs and fill the cupboards at that position.

There is also Konyushkov that will be available to play in North America in two more years, I believe. he is being overlooked and, at 5'11", is not a Mammoth-sized D either, but he could be a good, mobile, shutdown D to play with Guhle, perhaps, while Hutson and Reinbacher form a good pairing?

 

[sandviper]

Also, this is a draft with very unclear ranking of prospects. While it is regularly next to impossible to move up to the top-5, it might be a draft where moving up from 8th to 7th, for example, by adding a 2nd 1st round pick might be achieved. That could make the difference between getting a Desnoyers or not.

I would target a player, even if that meant losing our 2nd 1st round pick in the process. The Habs are at that point where they need to fill holes as soon as possible and picking a solution in next year's draft, or the one after that just stretches out the wasted years of good contracts to Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle and Slafkovsky.

Treading Evans should give us another 1st round pick, or, at worst, another 2nd round pick. With a third first round pick or three second round picks, that leaves Hughes many darts to target RHDs and fill the cupboards at that position.

There is also Konyushkov that will be available to play in North America in two more years, I believe. he is being overlooked and, at 5'11", is not a Mammoth-sized D either, but he could be a good, mobile, shutdown D to play with Guhle, perhaps, while Hutson and Reinbacher form a good pairing?

Definitely expect picks to be packaged this time around. Don’t think we can trade into the top-5 but maybe 6-8. That said, I see two moves at least.

1. Package a couple picks to move up.
2. Package picks for a RFA like Dach and Newhook previously.

Don’t expect us to move a contract and pick since we’ll have quite a but of cap space this summer.

 

[vokiel]

Forget about moving up, this draft is one of the weakest in a full decade.

Package picks to get 2026 picks.

 

[angusyoung]

Another tank thread eh. How many seasons of tanking is it now? 3 or 4? I forget. How many more on the horizon before fans start to bitch and whine, I don't mean the good people here, you guys would never bitch or whine, right?

 

[WeThreeKings]

Another tank thread eh. How many seasons of tanking is it now? 3 or 4? I forget. How many more on the horizon before fans start to bitch and whine, I don't mean the good people here, you guys would never bitch or whine, right?

They could miss another season, with Demidov and Hutson dancing around there'd be enough hope to glide by on that.

But after year 5 is when you are in the range where rebuilds start to approach consistent playoff appearances. So expect another season or two of build up.