Half-Assed GDT: TankTown

Dec 15, 2002
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I actually like some of our LHD prospects (Loof, Buchinger, Gaudet, and the Russian we took last year). I think any of those guys have top 4 potential, maybe top 2, although chances of any becoming top 4 is not great. But i think at least a couple of them will be decent or better nhlers. we have NOTHING after Kessel on RHD.
I don't typically say "this will never happen" unless it's so outlandish, it defies all logic. [Or, it's every we should get rid of the cap type idea that I see get lobbed.] Trust me when I say "none of those guys will be top-2 defensemen in the NHL."

I'm not sold on any of them being top-4 either. I think Loof is going to underperform [I won't be surprised if he never makes the jump], Gaudet will do great to make it to the NHL [I'd bet on Tyson Galloway over him, and Galloway has the same 6/7 ceiling as Tyler Tucker], Buchinger is going to need work to have a shot [think Walman], and Koromylsov will never make the jump. I'd put the over/under on top-4 defensemen out of that group at 0.5 and bet the under.

If you want top-4 defensemen, they're going to have to come from trading some of the forwards we've got or through future drafts, or in the case of Perunovich you're going to have to accept his offensive potential comes with poor defensive play.
 
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