Dubois, Necas, Zegras, Laine… a pile of awful, along with aoft and flawed guys that will cost a bunch of assets - now some people want to trade the Memorial Cup MVP who only scored two goals, won 90 percent of his faceoffs and was a physical force for Saginaw? From a forward prospect group that can be described as thin (at best).
Stay the course. Draft Lindstrom or Iginla. If you can move up closer packaging the 26th pick and a young defenseman or two, then by all means pull the trigger, but otherwise hold the line.
Sign depth/reliable motivated guys and move out Dvorak and Armia whenever possible. I’ve already mentioned Joshua, and Pesce, as guys I’d try to acquire but that’s just me.
Go for it in the off season next year when you’ll have at least two more first round picks, much more cap space and a better idea of how guys like Hutson, Xhekaj, Guhle, Reinbacher and our 5th overall are developing.
Now isn’t the time to get hasty in the rebuild, throwing assets and cap space at guys that won’t be driving the play. These next two years dictate the trajectory of our next ten. It’s crucial that things are done correctly so that the foundation of things to come is strong. We are in an excellent spot now, and we have the right guys in place. I understand the frustration of waiting and wanting a winner, but we are developing nicely. We have an elite young power forward in Slaf, a strong captain and two way player in Suzuki, the most potential I’ve seen on the blueline since the late 80s in Guhle, Reinbacher, Hutson, Xhekaj, and Mailloux. An incredibly talented Beck on his way up, Roy who looks to be a versatile hard working winger, and whomever we draft in the next couple of years.
Stay the course, accumulate and develop talent, leverage cap for picks/prospects, draft wisely.
Stay the course.
