Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part XIV (To trade or not to trade is the question)

[HFsNumber1Heel]

Thank God they're free of the tyranny of Mike Chicago, anti skills coach.

He sucked. Should have never been working with any of the kids. Him and Quinn were both equally awful.

 

[effen]

He sucked. Should have never been working with any of the kids. Him and Quinn were both equally awful.

I made an edit, you should go back and read it.

edit: The ghost Mark Chicago still haunts you too.

 

[GlasgowNewYorkRanger]

I hadn't really bothered the past few seasons to deep delve into the draft / top 10 prospects and the like, mainly due to the fact of there being no chance or likelihood of us picking there. Had certainly heard of Gabe and was amazed when he fell far enough to draft.

Going into this season I expected the same pattern to follow on again and cannot believe I am asking this question. Should I now be starting to look into 2025s draft, or is Drury going to be trading away first rounders like Sather on acid in an attempt to save the season?

 

[bernmeister]

one can hope:

MSN

 

[McRanger92]

Dreary should give Mika ownership of a Colony Grill location if he agrees to waive his NMC go to Vancouver for JT. Mika and Petey can both smell their own farts together. Everybody wins.

 

[IDvsEGO]

I hadn't really bothered the past few seasons to deep delve into the draft / top 10 prospects and the like, mainly due to the fact of there being no chance or likelihood of us picking there. Had certainly heard of Gabe and was amazed when he fell far enough to draft.

Going into this season I expected the same pattern to follow on again and cannot believe I am asking this question. Should I now be starting to look into 2025s draft, or is Drury going to be trading away first rounders like Sather on acid in an attempt to save the season?

We don’t know. Drury hasn’t aggressively moved firsts most of his career.
However it does depend on how big a leash Dolan gave him.
If we’re a lotto team and we move several big contracts with retention for next year (thus tanking that year too) if Drury doesn’t survive that, he won’t pull that trigger even if he should.

 

[will1066]

Dreary should give Mika ownership of a Colony Grill location if he agrees to waive his NMC go to Vancouver for JT. Mika and Petey can both smell their own farts together. Everybody wins.

How many locations are there? Serious question

 

[Irishguy42]

How many locations are there? Serious question

9 Locations

They are all open for another hour, if you must visit one.

 

[Takeahnase]

50 people on a messageboard cursing some guy they couldn't identify in a police lineup for a million dollars and a massage from Margot Robbie.

I would find a way.

 

[will1066]

9 Locations

They are all open for another hour, if you must visit one.

Oh snap, there's one in Arlington, Va. It's like 20 mins away. Lmao

 

[Irishguy42]

Oh snap, there's one in Arlington, Va. It's like 20 mins away. Lmao

Congrats, you have now designated the next location for the HF meetup. 2025 draft party let's gooooooooooooo

 

[will1066]

Congrats, you have now designated the next location for the HF meetup. 2025 draft party let's gooooooooooooo

Perfect

 

[Daves a mess]

Kaapo with his first for the Krakheads.

Damn. You clowns were on this an hour ago lol.

 

[will1066]

Kaapo with his first for the Krakheads.

Damn. You clowns were on this an hour ago lol.

He almost got a second one

 

[Daves a mess]

He almost got a second one

Renneys fault

 

[egelband]

I feel like Mika has at least tried to play more serious hockey since Drury laid down the gauntlet. Kreider continues to sleep walk. If he is injured he should sit. If he's not injured though, I am no longer concerned with his legacy and he can leave.

 

[will1066]

Rennys fault

Quinn

 

[McRanger92]

I feel like Mika has at least tried to play more serious hockey since Drury laid down the gauntlet. Kreider continues to sleep walk. If he is injured he should sit. If he's not injured though, I am no longer concerned with his legacy and he can leave.

Kreider is going to go the way of Gaborik and Gartner soon.

 

[Daves a mess]

Quinn

Bobrov really

 

[n8]

When I look at teams that are in a playoff position or in playoff contention, I get a very short list of VAN, LA, UHC, and CAL.

Here are some goofy trade ideas
(NYR) Kreider + Lindgren for (LA) Turcotte + Greentree + draft pick(s)

• there are obviously better players on the Kings roster I'd want to target but I think it'd be very far fetched to land those premium targets unless we are getting into even more far fetched Shesterkin proposals.

(NYR) Miller for (UHC) Lamoureux + draft pick(s)

• I considered Simashev too but no idea when he comes over so without getting a roster player in such a deal, I think it's highly unlikely to make that type of move. Yotes also took Simashev over Michkov so they must be super high on him. Doubtful they'd part with him.

I think we're stuck with Mika. Lavi really should be scratching/benching him until he asks for a trade. And then even then, I think we get bent over to dump him. He'd control the destination and I could see us retaining salary (max of $4.25M for this season and 5 more remaining years). Maybe Drury can get someone to actually pay for a 1/2 price Mika. If you can convince the other GM that he's just under some bad MSG Mojo and they convince themselves they can rejuvinate his career, then maybe something comes of it. But too many factors so I can't imagine anything remotely feasible. Even by fantasy HF standards.

Vesey, Smith, Carrick, Ruhwedel, Borgen. See if we flip them for low round picks that we can maybe use to move up in the draft.

next season, go light, go young (maybe that's where the realism departs the post for wishful thinking)

Panarin-Trocheck-Perrault
Cuylle-Bennett (ufa)-Lafreniere
Berard-Sykora-Othmann
Edstrom-Zibanejad-Rempe

Schneider-Fox
Jones-Lamoureux
Vaakanainen-Mancini

sign McDavid the next summer. Possibly but improbably trade Panarin for Silayev+ or Bichsel+ to replace Vaak. Obviously would love if Mika could get flipped for JTM in some way but see above - that's unlikely. Use draft capital to either get long term improvements to the blueline or for getting some rentals to push in future seasons with a young core.