TANK THREAD 2024/2025. I’M BACK

[BondraTime]

I thought Germany was in Europe… isn’t that where our best player is from?

I’m not considering a 3rd overall, automatic pick a feat of the scouting staff.

But yes, Stutzle is the only European NHLer they’ve selected since 2011 with Zibanejad (also at 6th).

Half of the draft pool has been left ignored or terribly scouted. Get some boots in the MHL and VHL, and make some organizational changes with Amatier scouting as a whole, especially European scouting, because we’ve bat 0% with what we do choose from there (outside a top of the draft lay up)

 

[Beech]

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many are the same.... any tanking, any rebuilding has for the most part failed!

This is why Calgary is not tanking. Why no team is tanking. Why no team has jettisoned prospects the last 3-4 years.

The draft is no longer productive. So far no Gen Z has had any impact. (Born 1997 and later. So 27 and younger). Mathew T. is a 1997 birth and is on the edge and is the one exception. Cale Makar went to a loaded team. And now that they have aged out, the Avs are sinking like a stone.

In fact, very few top 10's the last 10 years of drafts have really accomplished much.

This team simply has to wait until everyone ages out above us. The NHL will run out of Millennials (productive age), by 2026/2027. By which time it will be gen Z's and we will compete in the same sty.

Be patient people. The NHL will fall down to us in 2-3 seasons. Leon Drai is 29 and has those 2-3 years left. Just wait.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

I'd forfeit the pick this year (if the league doesn't let us off like NJ) and tank for McKenna.

Fun fact... I was picked on and hung from a hook in my school by Mckenna's uncle Nick and much later in my life, hit from behind head first in to the boards by his dad Will that put me out for weeks with a shoulder injury.

 

[Micklebot]

Fun fact... I was picked on and hung from a hook in my school by Mckenna's uncle Nick and much later in my life, hit from behind head first in to the boards by his dad Will that put me out for weeks with a shoulder injury.

Neither of those facts seem very fun...

 

[PlayOn]

Fun fact... I was picked on and hung from a hook in my school by Mckenna's uncle Nick and much later in my life, hit from behind head first in to the boards by his dad Will that put me out for weeks with a shoulder injury.

Geez. Sounds like a pleasant family.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Neither of those facts seem very fun...

Geez. Sounds like a pleasant family.

Lol. They're actually pretty good people as adults, but Nick was a dick as a kid/teenager and that was only a 1 year thing before I moved and went to a different school. All good. We made amends later on. In Will's defense, I'd hit his teammate (another acquaintance) after he'd drilled one of mine and was a whole series of events that led to that and we joked about that later on too. Shit happens.

 

[Micklebot]

Lol. They're actually pretty good people as adults, but Nick was a dick as a kid/teenager and that was only a 1 year thing before I moved and went to a different school. All good. We made amends later on. In Will's defense, I'd hit his teammate (another acquaintance) after he'd drilled one of mine and was a whole series of events that led to that and we joked about that later on too. Shit happens.

Well, I guess I'm glad to hear they are "fond" memories for you... If nothing else they make for good stories.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Well, I guess I'm glad to hear they are "fond" memories for you... If nothing else they make for good stories.

The small world feel to this Mckenna stuff is crazy for us up here. Same goes for Cozens, I play against his Dad and he's so f***ing nice it's weird. Apologizing every time he bumps you even a litte.

 

[Sun God Nika]

im not getting behind another tank, but i am definitely in favour of giving up our first rounder this year to the NHL if it isn't top 5.

 

[Karterthadon]

This team and its makeup is treading towards a wildcard team at the very best.

Something needs to give to go from bottom dweller to wildcard team to a contender. I just don't see it with the players that we have.

Only game breaker we have is Timmy and perhaps Sanderson hence why I don't think we should trade either. Everyone else should be up for sale.

That's what they are and they've shown us as much for the past few years.

Any terrible team in this league can go on a 2-3 game winning streak. What separates the good teams from the bad ones is that the good ones will have way more of the winning streaks than the losing ones.

This team is a win 2-lose1-win 1-lose 3-win 2 group. It's foolish to go forward and think changes are not needed here, this core, as constructed, has reached it's ceiling,

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Sitting on their hands re amateur scouting is a mistake. We need to draft "best in class" we are not close

This team seems cautious to a fault

Status quo may not be the way to go here MA

 

[darude]

I'd like to know what the team's overall records are with and without Danger Flutes.

It's an easy change I suspect will turn everything around.