We have a GM problem

[ClydeLee]

Theres reasons I constantly said before the lotto drop id rather have Michkov, not that I'd of taken him after getting the 1st overall.

I didnt think there was much apart from the 2, but also because the tear down was going to lead to multiple years like this that Michkov could of missed, maybe he'd stay in the khl another year if this was the blackhawks club he was joining. And I was fearing the Blackhawks rushing make bad signings.

Apart from Brodie, yeah the deals are fine. But I do think expectations were still too high. I didnt think all of the Entwhistles, Tindori, etc guys were going to be gone. Even without them, talent wise I'm not expecting this to be beyond a bottom 3 team. I even said when people expect the 20pt leap to a 70-75 pt team, that may be expecting too much.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Yes, aside from that.

We wouldn’t have been in a better position had KD not torn things down and started fresh. Maybe we got Bedard too early in our rebuild and now he doesn’t have support, that’s a fair critique, but he went out and signed two top 9 UFA’s in Bertuzzi and Teravainen to very good deals. What else do you want from him?

It’s simply too early for this level of critique. Give it a few years and if it looks like our picks aren’t panning out and our prospects aren’t developing then I’ll agree with you

Making a team really bad is easy. I'm not out on KD but I'm far from impressed.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I wouldn’t call TT and Bertuzzi good additions, personally. Not yet at least.

He got guys to sign Market deals to play on a trash team. They're fine deals if we put the right pieces around two complimentary guys.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Making this Bedard vs Michkov already is silly, a Bedard slump with absolute bums on his line is a 70 pt player, move him to right wing, staple Nazar to his line as his center and give it the rest of the year to see what happens...they have to move him to RW and tell him f*** defense go fix your offensive game, this year is toast anyway what does it matter, its getting him back in a good place offensively heading into next year when presumably the young talent starts to hit the roster and they add a top 2 pick that actually matters, and if luke is standing in the way of that fire him and have king take over again

 

[TheFridge]

Making this Bedard vs Michkov already is silly, a Bedard slump with absolute bums on his line is a 70 pt player, move him to right wing, staple Nazar to his line as his center and give it the rest of the year to see what happens...they have to move him to RW and tell him f*** defense go fix your offensive game, this year is toast anyway what does it matter, its getting him back in a good place offensively heading into next year when presumably the young talent starts to hit the roster and they add a top 2 pick that actually matters, and if luke is standing in the way of that fire him and have king take over again

Guys, stop suggesting moving Bedard to wing unless you want him to be a winger long term. It's not a solution. And certainly throwing Nazar onto his line and putting those two out against the toughest matchups every night is not going to do anything but f*** them both over.

Keep Nazar in the AHL. Put Teravainen and Foligno on his wings and leave the line alone.