We have a GM problem

[Muffinalt]

You're discerning my emotional state through a post on a forum? That's quite a skill.

I know how the first round works lil fella. Do you need the statistics that shows the likelihood of NHL success based on draft position? It seems like you do. Should I post it here for you? Could be valuable information for you. Because the likelihood of your "could" at 8, 11, or 17 varies wildly and they're sharply down from the could that comes with 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc... in such range the Blackhawks have only made two picks since their rebuild began and that you feel like is dragging on too long I gather.

I have to ask, are you a second account of Pez?

 

[CallMeShaft]

Davidson has built a roster that lacks speed. Very noticeable in OT.

There is a lot one can complain about with him, building a slow roster isn't one of them.

The entire system is filled with burners up front and guys with size who can skate on the backend.

Yes, guys like Maroon, Foligno, and Martinez lack speed. We all know they weren't signed because of their skating ability. But what matters is the future, not the present.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

Dach is such a zero I doubt he effects that, which is on the flip side why its a plus he got moved. Even just for on current play I'd already prefer Nazar.

I don't disagree on Dach. But if we get 1 more point the Hawks don't have Bedard.

Most recent elite 1st OA (Matthews, McD, Kane) joined teams that had been bad for at least 3-4 years and joined teams with multiple early picks already on the roster.

 

[Space umpire]

BWC not get a good night of sleep? I just opened like 5 threads and I swear all of them felt like I was reading the same exact bitching and moaning from him.


Go get some fresh air or something.

He’s never played a sport. He has no clue.

 

[Space umpire]

I appreciate you sir! Someone who can take off the rose colored glasses and see what is actually happening. I think every Blackhawks fan can agree a tear down needed to happen to rebuild. Where the difference is I believe KD has done a disastrous job in weaponizing cap, very poor drafting, and handing out contracts to washed up vets who barely should be playing in the NHL anymore. I am fine with him acquiring picks as long as he hits on them (he doesnt) I am fine with him signing players to hit cap floor like Bertuzzi and Teravainen but then he goes and gets road blocks like Martinez, Brodie, Maroon, Smith. Those guys are not vets the young guys learn from they are flat plugs taking a roster spot from young guys period.

You sir a f***ing clueless.
The drafting will pan out pretty well. Every major source has Hawk prospects in the top 5 that’s usually not counting the guys already in Chicago.
If you’d follow the prospects you would know that several kids currently making their way through the system are very highly thought of in national hockey circles.
As for your impression of the plugs, … I have little doubt they are strong positive influences and a wealth of knowledge. I’ve seen more than once Maroon or Foligno talking to their youthful linemates on the bench post shift.
It’s not about winning. It’s about learning NHL hockey.

 

[Space umpire]

Years and years of awfulness take a pretty big toll on a team's fan base. If the Hawks are terrible for an entire kids childhood, for the possibility of being a powerhouse when they become an adult, the payoff is not worth it. If the Sabres won the cup next year, I'm not sure any of those fans have anymore feeling left in their bodies to enjoy it. The Hawks are also a significantly wealthier franchise than any of these teams at the bottom and have an economical advantage.

Also, if the Hawks are great 5 years from now, a lot of that success is because of the actions made a year or 2 prior to the team taking off. There are way better solutions a GM can come up with than sucking for a decade to get high picks. Look at teams that have been successful powerhouses like Pittsburg, Tampa, Dallas, and even the old Hawks.

The old hawks? Like from the mid 90’s to 2007?

 

[Bubba88]

1. There is no real timetable for a successful rebuild
2. We hit with Bedard and this did speed it up by 1 year. You have to put at least NHL quality players around him.
3. We will still get a Top5 Pick that year, more likely Top3.
4. We hopefully improve next year, which would still end up in a Top10 Pick
5. With Lots of picks, we May see a trade up for another at the draft
6.1. If there is elite Talent available, you go for it. I'm not talking about Ehlers, I'm talking about Rantanen or Marner. If you can't get them if they even make it to Free Agency.
6.2. If you don't get one, you don't go out to make panic moves

7. Hire a good NHL proven Coach. This will improve the roster and developent

 

[statswatcher]

i think the chances are very high that levshunov ends up a very good nhl player for a long time. i don't see much indication at this early date that he will be the kind of player that justies his draft position thoroughly enough to make it an uncontroversial pick though. "very good" is what it says on the tin, and you can take solace in small victories from value recouped in that floor, positional demand and scarcity, etc., but at the end of the day, you would have really liked to have gotten more than "very good" from that pick. hoping very much that he surprises me sometime in the next two years and really breaks out. if he doesn't, i fully well expect him to get way more shit than he deserves personally or professionally solely because of that draft position.

 

[Giovi]

Davidson has built a roster that lacks speed. Very noticeable in OT.

I guess if you consider today's roster the finished product of his rebuild, yes he did. But this roster is nothing but a few players who will be on the future roster, and a bunch of filler.