HF Habs: The official 2023-2024 tank thread
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Wak Prescott the 60M/yr scam artist, here we gooo!
Is it even worth it with these hacks in charge? 2024 will be D heavy so they'd probably reach and waste the pick on a third line winger from Moldova.
Habitant#1
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Not only is there one, but Bobrov isn't even in Nashville, he's already scouting that player!
And Hughes is also already providing off-the-record background to Arpon Basu about why it's actually the best strategy.
None of this matters, as we are headed by buffoons. We can tank all we want, but we are going to be Buffalo 2.0 . Good luck to all of us.
Riggins
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Buffalo has good players though
Whitesnake
If you rebuild, they will come.
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Seriously? You want to be dissapointed again? Sell the kids, trade for vets, contend right away.
Ezpz
No mad pls
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I shat on the bobrov hire immediately and was told it was a development problem in new York. He is just the worst head scout in the league. The rangers would be a dynasty with a real head scout because all the free agents go there and top guys force their way there.
Taking a guy like Slaf first overall was a massive red flag. There's no way we're building a contender with these scouts. Hughes may be a great gm but this isn't a league you can trade and sign your way into a cup.
Taking a guy like Slaf first overall was a massive red flag. There's no way we're building a contender with these scouts. Hughes may be a great gm but this isn't a league you can trade and sign your way into a cup.
Gravity
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No 1C, No 1D, No 1 G and No chance in hell they take BPA.
First Line
Summer of Love
Did you really think this would be a 2 year rebuild?
Habitant#1
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Add the refusal to commit to actual tanking as well.
Golden opportunity to bottom out and rebuild properly and instead they want:
- 'competitive losing', ensuring we don't get elite talent
- 'accelerated rebuild', ensuring we don't get to horde draft picks
Fantastic...
No but HuGo do.
They're already talking about being more competitive next season.
Doesn't sound like they're committed to drafting high again at all.
Rob Sense
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Face it...we suck at tanking...even when we lose we can't draft. Actually we suck at drafting.
and we will probably finish between 8th and 12th for the next decade and pick off the board wonders!
HuGort
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Just going to be another terrible team next year. Draft 9th overall and get a second line winger. Like, why bother?
Boris Le Tigre
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The thread title should have included “Fire HuGo” as is traditional.
Another so so year, let the shit contracts run out, buy out Gally next offseason and spend as much as possible. Acquire players for first round picks. f*** it, I’m with you.
Man. Ive been wanting for a real rebuild for 30years.
Happy me : 4 first round picks in 2 years….
But no.
After all this pain, we ended with the worst first overall pick since Yakupov. Then we pick a bust with our 2nd first round pick.
The year after? We reach for a 30-40pts defenceman in one of the best draft for offensive players. And we traded our 2nd first rounder for an undersized 3rd line player in Newhook.
Ohhh yeah fefans will say : « Newhook is full of potential. 70pts player incoming » and « Reinbacher is Josi #2 » and « Slafkovsky is Rantanen » and « Mesar is Suzuki lite ». f*** that.
Can we just draft offensive players? We need a PPG forward. Alex Kovalev is the last one. Its been what? 15 years?
Happy me : 4 first round picks in 2 years….
But no.
After all this pain, we ended with the worst first overall pick since Yakupov. Then we pick a bust with our 2nd first round pick.
The year after? We reach for a 30-40pts defenceman in one of the best draft for offensive players. And we traded our 2nd first rounder for an undersized 3rd line player in Newhook.
Ohhh yeah fefans will say : « Newhook is full of potential. 70pts player incoming » and « Reinbacher is Josi #2 » and « Slafkovsky is Rantanen » and « Mesar is Suzuki lite ». f*** that.
Can we just draft offensive players? We need a PPG forward. Alex Kovalev is the last one. Its been what? 15 years?
If they really wanted to tank they shouldn't have traded for Newhook.
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Chili
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Would be great to find a franchise player or two but really, they need to just get better at this drafting thing and find good players wherever.
Interesting Vegas just won the cup with only 5 former first rounders and two of those were Kessell and Howden, depth players. Plus a lot of guys teams gave up on. Not at all that they are a blueprint, just that it takes consistent good personnel/roster decisions as much as the draft.
Interesting Vegas just won the cup with only 5 former first rounders and two of those were Kessell and Howden, depth players. Plus a lot of guys teams gave up on. Not at all that they are a blueprint, just that it takes consistent good personnel/roster decisions as much as the draft.
Honestly who gives a shit. Might as well trade all of our 1st rounders for established young guys if we are going to draft this shitty.
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