HF Habs: The official 2023-2024 tank thread

[gusfring]

This is going to be another long year. We will easily be last in our division again, and it won't be close.

 

[Kennerback]

del

 

[SnapVirus]

People saying we cant tank again. Theres two more tanking coming. 2025-2026 we will be in PO. Not before

 

[WickedPegJets]

Seriously? You want to be dissapointed again? Sell the kids, trade for vets, contend right away.

HuGo will tell Molson that it will take longer than expected to complete a true rebuild. That will buy HuGo more time and paycheques because once the mission has been accomplished, Molson will have no more need of them.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

We arent tanking , we are accelerating the rebuild. Joke franchise imo

 

[Scotianhab]

No point to tank if our drafting is going to be this bad.

 

[hockeyguy2022]

Never draft for need, always draft BPA. Hughes is doing the opposite. Burn this whole thing down.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

Who are the best defenseman or goaltenders for next year?

 

[hockeyguy2022]

Who are the best defenseman or goaltenders for next year?

doesn't matter, the habs will pick all forwards next year lol

 

[ReimanSum1908]

No point to tank if our drafting is going to be this bad.

I don't want to like your post because in reality, I hate it passionately, but that's not your fault.

 

[Rapala]

Why tank when we can't draft.

Well maybe we could flippin' draft better if we knew how to tank. The massive fail last season was the tank and the excuses that went along with our inability to do it properly. We are a team who has always been "above it" are not masters at it like some.

 

[Habs]

Never draft for need, always draft BPA. Hughes is doing the opposite. Burn this whole thing down.

Bergy consulting services must have been rendered this year.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Honnestly I wanted a forward 100000% but the reinbacker pick dosent bother me as much as us *accelerating the rebuild* , it sickens me

 

[Habs13]

Well maybe we could flippin' draft better if we knew how to tank. The massive fail last season was the tank and the excuses that went along with our inability to do it properly. We are a team who has always been "above it" are not masters at it like some.

1OA and 5OA in the last two years and we walk away with a bag of peanuts

 

[Rapala]

If they really wanted to tank they shouldn't have traded for Newhook.

We aren't tanking this season and if we weren't hampered with injuries last season indications are we weren't tanking then.

 

[Hope Of Glory]

As much as I want another high end forward, we still need most of our young guys to take the next step or at least progress some more. I don't think drafting top 5 is good if our core regresses or stagnates. And if most of the youngsters progress, I don't think we'll be bad enough for the bottom 5.

For the first time in what feels like an eternity, I'll actually be rooting for us to win games. We won't be in the playoff picture anyway so might as well enjoy the ride and the kids progressing. But if we still somehow end up with a top pick, I certainly won't complain.

 

[ReHabs]

I don’t see us tanking next year. I’d rather see some wheeling and dealing this summer and a “let’s see what happens” approach to the season. Let’s root for some Ws!

If it’s clear we are short of the playoffs then by all means feel free to sell some non-core assets and root for the draft rank.

My latest specific gripe is against all the low-value prospects we’ve got. Arpon Basu and company were raving about the “more darts for the dartboard” strategy since 2017/2018 but tbh we just have more fillers and space occupiers. Norlinder, Ylonen, Farrell, etc. Nobody moves the needle, not even our first round picks from last year. We have no protagonists so might as well purge a lot of the lesser prospects somehow.

 

[salbutera]

Never draft for need, always draft BPA. Hughes is doing the opposite. Burn this whole thing down.

They did, they drafted the BPA on their list @ 5

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Team is trending to be the new Buffalo minus the talent to fairly consistently acquire another 1st

 

[hockeyguy2022]

They did, they drafted the BPA on their list @ 5

I see what you did there

 

[Hope Of Glory]

I don’t see us tanking next year. I’d rather see some wheeling and dealing this summer and a “let’s see what happens” approach to the season. Let’s root for some Ws!

If it’s clear we are short of the playoffs then by all means feel free to sell some non-core assets and root for the draft rank.

My latest specific gripe is against all the low-value prospects we’ve got. Arpon Basu and company were raving about the “more darts for the dartboard” strategy since 2017/2018 but tbh we just have more fillers and space occupiers. Norlinder, Ylonen, Farrell, etc. Nobody moves the needle, not even our first round picks from last year. We have no protagonists so might as well purge a lot of the lesser prospects somehow.

Yeah, we still have trading chips too. Tons of depth everywhere, at every level, but a lack of top end talent. In that light, the Newhook deal makes a lot of sense: we traded/overpaid with some secondary pieces in the hope AH can become a primary piece.

Too many forwards and defenseman so there should be some moves still.

 

[ReHabs]

Yeah, we still have trading chips too. Tons of depth everywhere, at every level, but a lack of top end talent. In that light, the Newhook deal makes a lot of sense: we traded/overpaid with some secondary pieces in the hope AH can become a primary piece.

Too many forwards and defenseman so there should be some moves still.

We don’t have trading chips — if we did we would’ve gotten PLD and actually upgraded our top6 with a significant player — but I hope we will soon have trade chips. We’ve been a poverty franchise for 25 straight years.

 

[Rapala]

1OA and 5OA in the last two years and we walk away with a bag of peanuts

This year was on every pro tanker's radar as the year to do it. We needed to sacrifice another season particularly with the weakish draft last season.
Only management could have made it happen and it needed to be something planned before the season ever started...


Right Chicago Blackhawks.

People saying we cant tank again. Theres two more tanking coming. 2025-2026 we will be in PO. Not before

I can't think of any team that has gone directly from multiple tank years (4 in your model) to the playoffs.
We've actually seen the opposite in recent years habitual losers remained as such.

 

[SnapVirus]

This year was on every pro tanker's radar as the year to do it. We needed to sacrifice another season particularly with the weakish draft last season.
Only management could have made it happen and it needed to be something planned before the season ever started...


Right Chicago Blackhawks.

I can't think of any team that has gone directly from multiple tank years (4 in your model) to the playoffs.
We've actually seen the opposite in recent years habitual losers remained as such.

Probably between 5-10 this year, 10-15 year after ; then playoff.

Tanking = voluntary, not making playoff for me.

 

[Paddyjack]

I'm seriously sick of all of you guys in this *insert expletive" thread. Very tired of all your ducking negativeness.

Oh, by the way, Vegas just won a Cup without any players over 70 pts, except Eichel who was on pace for a whooping 80 pts. Yeah, not a blueprint. Still...

But let's go, continue to bash all the new players, new recruits, new mascots, new hot dogs, new beer all summer long. Go. Have fun with yourselves.

Cya in September