This isn't NHL 25, there's a locker room to manage too. You send the wrong message to the players if you just trade everything after they're making a push for the playoffs.
I personally think smart asset management is more important than getting stomped in the first round that we probably won’t even make it to anyway but I also understand the desire to get young players the experience
Right this season is more important than our next 2-3-4 seasons , good to know
It won't be. Hughes loves the draft, you've seen it pretty much every one he's been GM. The team HAS taken a step. We're not there yet obviously but we're also not Chicago anymore either. He knows this is a pivotal offseason with a ton of money coming off the books and assets at our disposal.
I should have clarified that we needed someone till the end of the season with a bigger move coming in the summer.
We don't need picks, we have enough. Why trade a player for a 5th rounder if we can mess the locker room at the same time? It makes no sense. You add players in the room now in a trade, but not for futures and I don't think there's a strong market for a hockey trade without picks right now
It's not. But making the playoffs this year can have a big impact on how we do in years 2-3-4.
I wrote a post a few days ago that I'd target him and Nico Sturm. I think Sturm was a great pickup by Florida. I think Murphy would be a good pick up for Montreal.
I feel that all depends what's being offered. If it isn't some sort of overpayment, there's value in battling as long as you can I'm hopes of making the play offs. If holding on to Savard and Armia keep them in the race that much longer or possibly make it then that's worth more then say a 3rd rounder. In my opinion of course
They aren't making playoffs when the coach is unwilling to play an entire line.
Maybe for Savard.
It doesn't matter if they lose. The experience will be invaluable when they are a contender.
The only defenceman capable of stopping themWith Dallas adding Rantanen and Colorado Nelson, Winnipeg absolutely need David Savard
Off course not for a rental.
Someone mentioned it the other day but Suzuki is the only guy we have that's played in the playoffs with the Bell Centre at full capacity. I want the other guys to see what it's going to be like when they take the step.
trading a second round pick or two for someone who can give these guys a well deserved boost, won't affect the next 2-4 season.
Beck isn't ready to play between Laine and Newhook quelle surprise. The fact that he looks like the only one doing anything positive on that line is what concerns me. Put Dvorak or even Evans between those two and my guess is they aren't that much better. Beck should be playing with Gallgher and Anderson or Heineman and Armia long before he should be playing with those other two. The fact that they haven't totally shit the bed defensively is a good enough indication for me that Beck is ready if deployed properly.
I see Kapanen shifting to RW in the NHL.
