What Are the 3 Core Pieces of this Team for the Next 10 Years

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3 is too little. Our team is not built top heavy. It's build with lots of quality with lots of depth (lets call it a Canes type rebuild).

* Suzuki is one for sure.
* Demidov appears to be another.
* Then it gets interesting... probably 3 more.

Rather change the narrative to the 5 best pieces.
No fun if the polls went with 5 pieces.

Everybody would say: Demidov, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovsky, Huston.
 
I like when people change the rules of a thread.
I did vote for three as requested, but my point is that there is need to fret about it, the more the merrier.

No fun if the polls went with 5 pieces.

Everybody would say: Demidov, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovsky, Huston.
Not me. I would have neither Huston nor Hutson in my top 5 by next season. I have 4 more guys ahead of them.
 
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I did vote for three as requested, but my point is that there is need to fret about it, the more the merrier.


Not me
Yeah obviously a team is 20+ players, it was just to give the board a little challenge to identify our 3 main pieces. I know Demidov and Suzuki would be the obvious ones, but after that it gets challenging.
 
Yeah obviously a team is 20+ players, it was just to give the board a little challenge to identify our 3 main pieces. I know Demidov and Suzuki would be the obvious ones, but after that it gets challenging.
It's not obvious that Demidov will be in our top two by 2025, though it would probably be good that he were. At least he is a much better player defensively than Hutson and Huston.
 
It's not obvious that Demidov will be in our top two by 2025, though it would probably be good that he were. At least he is a much better player defensively than Hutson and Huston.
Yeah but question is for the next 10 years, and predictably more than 90% voted for Demidov.
 
Caufield, Demidov, and Hutson.

The reality is that Suzuki's defensive game is vastly overrated and while his linemates are not particularly proficient in that regard, they have more natural talent to make up for that deficiency.

Slafkovsky will prove a valuable complimentary piece due to his size and strength, but that's a supplementation to the core rather than a part of it.
 
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5th overall future star dman Bustbacher has 2 votes, and you guys poop on me all the time when I trash him. You all know you would rather be seeing Michkov or Leonard on that list, so I hope you all feel shame!
 
5th overall future star dman Bustbacher has 2 votes, and you guys poop on me all the time when I trash him. You all know you would rather be seeing Michkov or Leonard on that list, so I hope you all feel shame!
It's all a big cope.

I predict he gets around 10 votes tho before tomorrow just because of this comment.
 
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Suzuki as a two way PPG no.1 C he is the most important piece we have right now. Hutson because while he may not be a no.1 D ( but I'm open to reconsider ) he may be an impact D who dictates play. Finally Demi on the basis he may be a game breaker.
 
I see Hutson and Demidov as franchise players
3rd one is between Suzuki and Slafkovsky. I prefer Slaf's potential, but went with Suzuki since he plays center
 
Caufield, Demidov, and Hutson.

The reality is that Suzuki's defensive game is vastly overrated and while his linemates are not particularly proficient in that regard, they have more natural talent to make up for that deficiency.

Slafkovsky will prove a valuable complimentary piece due to his size and strength, but that's a supplementation to the core rather than a part of it.

I presume Slaf’s in the the Top 3 although I’m projecting. But I think he’ll need to be in our Top-3 to win a cup. He needs to be a monster in the playoffs.
 
Not necessarily. For example, I don’t think Slaf has a higher offensive ceiling than Suzuki but he is definitely a more unique player.
imo Slaf's ceiling is the total package:
- elite offensive skill ceiling (possibly equal to Suzuki's?)
- elite physical package ceiling (def not equal to Suzuki)

Slaf's best case scenario ceiling is basically Jagr :laugh:
 
I don't know why 3 was chosen, it seems an arbitrary number.

I think we will find out core out of:

Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovsky, Demidov, Dach, Hutson, Guhle, Fowler, Reinbacher

They won't all hit, and maybe only 4-5 of them are on the team in 5 years, but still I think 3 is too low a number to properly find any meaning from a poll like this.
 
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imo Slaf's ceiling is the total package:
- elite offensive skill ceiling (possibly equal to Suzuki's?)
- elite physical package ceiling (def not equal to Suzuki)

Slaf's best case scenario ceiling is basically Jagr :laugh:
I don't like Jagr and Slaf comparison, they are not from the same mold IMO. Jagr had poor attitude and wasn't the kind to make an effort in his own zone. He was said to be uncoachable and played as he felt.

Slaf is the opposite of that in the attitude department, and he does seem like the kind of player that wants to put some attention two his two way play. But he doesn't possess Jagr elite puck handling skills.

I don't know why 3 was chosen, it seems an arbitrary number.

I think we will find out core out of:

Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovsky, Demidov, Dach, Hutson, Guhle, Fowler, Reinbacher

They won't all hit, and maybe only 4-5 of them are on the team in 5 years, but still I think 3 is too low a number to properly find any meaning from a poll like this.
Because to narrow it down to 3 is a much more difficult exercise than going for a free-for-all poll.

I was curious about the consensus of this board about the few most valuable pieces for the next 10 year; reducing it to three made the poll more interesting IMO and left more place for debate.
 
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3 is too little. Our team is not built top heavy. It's build with lots of quality with lots of depth (lets call it a Canes type rebuild).
I think we will find out core out of:

Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovsky, Demidov, Dach, Hutson, Guhle, Fowler, Reinbacher

They won't all hit, and maybe only 4-5 of them are on the team in 5 years, but still I think 3 is too low a number to properly find any meaning from a poll like this.
These two posts sum up how I feel about the future of the team. I agree that they will likely look more like the Canes/ Dallas team structure, and will be extremely deep.

With that in mind, we won't have a Core-3/4 like the Leafs, but a larger core group, which is a good thing IMO. This just means if one or two of you core guys have a down year (which happens), you have a larger group to prop them up and still compete.

We're also going to have 2 1st round picks this year to work with, so with Hughes working his magic, there's a strong possibility of adding another core player at the draft too.
 
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We have only two players fitting that definition: Suzuki and Hutson.

We have a few guys with the potential to reach that level, though.
 
3 is too little. Our team is not built top heavy. It's build with lots of quality with lots of depth (lets call it a Canes type rebuild).

* Suzuki is one for sure.
* Demidov appears to be another.
* Then it gets interesting... probably 3 more.

Rather change the narrative to the 5 best pieces.
Actually ... "It's built with lots of average with lots of average at depth..." and will be average at best.
 
Actually ... "It's built with lots of average with lots of average at depth..." and will be average at best.

I think Suzuki, Caufield, and Guhle are top line values but not elite. Depends a lot on Hutson, Slaf, Demidov, and probably Hage as well.

I think this core can get to top 10 in the NHL (not sure about top 5) but we are years away from that.
 
Suzuki, Demidov, Reinbacher.

Our need for a big, responsible, minute-munching, defender who can beat the forecheck and start transition has been made even more clear by what we've been seeing on the ice so far this year.
 
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