Redo One Move From Your Team In The Last 20 Years

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Trade Iginla in the off-season, not at the deadline.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Who needs Makar when youll have Luke Hughes and Simon Nemec; id take those two over Makar and any other defenseman on Colorado

Hischier-Hughes is critical to New Jersey

I like Nico but Makar is the best defenceman in the league, if given the opportunity you take him. I'm not trying to dig too deep into this thing and predict what would have happened after the Makar draft.

 

[centipede2233]

Hiring Brendan shanahan on betteman’s recommendation cost the leafs dearly. 9 yrs under his watch, 1 lousy playoff round win, yippee!

 

[Bond]

What was Carolina's offer? Huberdeau didn't work out but Weegar is probably better than anyone they would've offered

Necas++ with arguments on what the +s were. Yeah, but Huberdeau and Weegar is much worse. Or if they just flipped both

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

Redo 2014 draft first round pick for the Avs and choose David Pastrnak (25th pick) over Conner Bleackley(23rd pick). One could only wish that happened, oh well

If that happened, does the team still draft Rantanen in 2015? Do they still implode in 2016-17 leading to drafting Makar? Does Duchene still request a trade? If everything doesn't happen the same way, do they still win the Cup?

To me, the safe choice is to just not trade for RyJo, even though he cost nothing.

 

[Bandit]

Fire Luc Robitaille instead of Dean Lombardi.

 

[boompuffboom]

destroy Kreider's knees the game before.

 

[Moist ReadOnly]

I like Nico but Makar is the best defenceman in the league, if given the opportunity you take him. I'm not trying to dig too deep into this thing and predict what would have happened after the Makar draft.

Thats fair about not predicting; and Makar is an incredible talent

But hes simply the first of a large wave of in incredible defenseman; he wont be seen as this elite standout talent a few seasons from now once the competition has caught up

Most of the players hell be going against the next decade either cant legally drink yet or are just turning 21; outside names like Quinn, Heiskanen, etc..

 

[Rafafouille]

Draft Kopitar instead of Price in 2005. Would've saved a decade+ of watching boring hockey because the team relied on goaltending saving the day instead of scoring goals once in a while. That and never hiring Bergevin.

 

[HabzSauce]

Draft Kopitar instead of Price in 2005. Would've saved a decade+ of watching boring hockey because the team relied on goaltending saving the day instead of scoring goals once in a while. That and never hiring Bergevin.

Noooooo way, Price was a fabulous pick.

The issue was failing to build a team around him.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Don’t let Pietrangelo walk.

 

[HaNotsri]

Buffalo
1. Matching the Vanek offer sheet from Edmonton
2. Rushing the ROR trade based on his bonus
3. Not letting Eichel get the surgery and trade him for a better return

 

[Sticktape]

Hextall takes Makar like his scouts were telling him to, instead of Nolan Patrick.

 

[Mario Lemieux fan 66]

Easiest path for the Habs to win the Stanley Cup and most team is to draft Kucherov instead of Beaulieu.

After that is to draft Giroux instead of Fisher, don't trade Sergachev for Drouin, don't trade McDonagh for Gomez, draft Kreider instead of Leblanc and draft Hughes or tkachuk instead of Kotkaniemi.

 

[DL44]

You're not going to go with, "NOT HIRE BENNING"?!?

You're crazy...

I'm going to go with NOT HIRE BENNING.

With Kopitar, there is no Benning.

 

[Halakitlikethat]

Maximizing value for Subban in getting picks and prospects back to start a proper rebuild instead of trading him for an older declining player 1 for 1.

 

[Voight]

Trading Panarin for Saad.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Subban for Draisaitl, Klefbom, and a 1st

 

[Voight]

Giving Jonathan Huberdeau Johnny Gaudreau’s money.

Didn't JG want to leave tho and play in the US? Wanted to be closer to his family no?

Who needs Makar when youll have Luke Hughes and Simon Nemec; id take those two over Makar and any other defenseman on Colorado

Hischier-Hughes is critical to New Jersey

Not for anything but that's quit eat hot take. Nemec may end up being a helluva defensemen but I would take Toews over him right now. One is a proven, steady NHL defensemen, the other is not.

 

[PensPlz]

Moving Jarome Iginla to LW to so that Pascal freaking Dupuis could stay where he was...

What a joke.

 

[JaegerDice]

3 words.

Brent. Seabrook. Contract.

EDIT: This obviously goes without saying, but the scumbags that decided to bury the Kyle Beach accusation magically doing the right thing instead would be number 1. But Im not sure mind control is an option in this exercise.

 

[DL44]

I don’t disagree, but to be fair: the Canucks never got to see what they had on their hands with the guy they drafted (RIP). Maybe as another D-man on that 2011 team, Bourdon helps that depth and they win.

Naw.. I was so happy happy he fell.. I vividly remember the punch gut watching them pass... Was such a no brainer at the time.. not retrospect - at the time. Kopitar was ranked and predicted to go top 5.. in a huge position of need at the time to boot. .. and he falls to.. 6.. then 7, 8 then 9... Then they pass on him at 9! We got him! At 10!
Punch gut.

He already had 50 goals and a 30 goal season under his belt while Luc was still getting a sip of coffee... He was likely on route to be a top 3/4 dman... But Kopitar was bonafide..

I can't think of one singular move that could completely change the trajectory of our franchise more than that one the last 20 yrs. Ah well. Kings got 2 cups outta it.

 

[Ivo]

Don’t let the scouts/management decide the 2015 first round picks, instead just take the top 3 available forwards from Bob MacKenzie’s list: Barzal, Connor, Konecny

 

[Moist ReadOnly]

Didn't JG want to leave tho and play in the US? Wanted to be closer to his family no?



Not for anything but that's quit eat hot take. Nemec may end up being a helluva defensemen but I would take Toews over him right now. One is a proven, steady NHL defensemen, the other is not.

We shall see - my feelings on Makar and the defense in today's NHL is unique in that I feel all positions are in waves; and the defenses' wave is coming IMO

 

[JKG33]

Necas++ with arguments on what the +s were. Yeah, but Huberdeau and Weegar is much worse. Or if they just flipped both

Yea I'd take Weegar on his contract quite easily over Necas. He's become a top 20 d-man and one of the best values in the league