People expectedxan acceleration of the re-build time line when we got Bedard.. but he has regressed this season.. lost his center role..cannot get free to the better scoringvskot,and when ge does shoot,either misses the net or cannot beat oposcgoalies..
So there isvno acceleration...
Re-builds as a poster above said take about 7+ years ...we find ourselves in year 2 without an effective star 1C and 2C ...with 1 core LD on the roster (Vlasic) 2 core RD still in the pipeline ,1 STAH average vet dman(Murphy)who also will not be around for the eventually Cup contender,,young pipeline wingers who still are 1-3years away froma roster spot,and uncertain pipeline Centers becoming star top 2 line drivers ...may sone can ,maybe they also lije Bedard have to pkay as wingers ..and we have a whoke bunch of #4andc5 -7riater spio dmen either here now (Kaiser and Akjan) or in Rockford (EdM orobaly justcax3 or 4D candidate..
It still is very iffy..and of course we still have the Albatross..a $9.5 "1RD " who is flawed and is not a Pp P threat at all...
Needs to materialize for Hawkscto beca Cup co tender:
A legit 1D to also be great as a Pp qb in starxeffectiveness.(Can Lev or Rinzel become that? Maybe..but we should have at least better iffebsive 2RD and 3RD than we have now..
In any case Seth willbebivervthe Hill when we contend so we have to find another RD whoveithervis a Halmarsson impectcshutdiwn D or is bettervthan even Rinzel or Lev willbe giving us a stellar right side D..
On the left side D...Vladic is one piece in place...remains to be seen if Kaiser Aljan or EDM rises to impact 2LD with sone offehsivebimpact as ax2 way D.
Any of Aljan Kaiser orxEdM you can insert as adequate 3KD.
So realy still 1LD and 1RD filing certain roles are still needed for that contender team to contend.
For forwards we have still to find at least 1 star C and 1 adequately impactful 2C to drive top 2maybe Nazar can be one of those two top Centers ..maybe Boivert can be the other..
but we we keeo drafting Center candidates just in case either Nazar or Boisvert do not fill those needs over next2 to 3 seasins..lines.
We have outscore winger candidates in rhe pipeline to challenge for top 2 li eor top 3bki
.We have candidates for 3C and 4C.
So that is ate least 3 more drafts to get at least 1 star 1C + a 1LD with offebsive impact and 2 way d impact or who plays 2LD with offensive 2 wayb mpact if VlaSic is the big mobutesx1LD.
And we need 1morexRD who is either better than even Rinzel and Levshunov driving offense pr who is a shutdown guy like Hjalmarsdon who can still move pucks outbofvthe d-zone to drive transition attacks .
Now we cannot getcalk tgat from justvthec2025vdraft..goingvto nerd 2025,2026 andc2927 drafts to find these solutions.
Might get morex2C candidates ..
In wibgercnerds...morecsize woukd help ifvthey can be top scorer threats to.. we have lots of average size or small guy wing ears already drafted.
The impresdivevOHL debut of Jack Prodham indicates he may be one of the winger solutions also having good size..Colton Dach is still too inconsistent whether he can becone a top 2line wing or just another guyc at 3W or 4W.
So a sizey powwer forward who can sore goals is another needing thectop 2 lines.
We can draft 3 ofctgse 5vneeds over nextc3 drafts and trade orcsign freexahebtscforvthevotgerc2 potential needs.
So that still to conebpjan will still involve a 3 ,4or 5 year timetable yet to cone after this season for full fill in solutions.
If it iscthrse morexseadobsctill contender then it woukd be a 7vyear re-build o full frition...but ONL if Bedardxsnaosvputvofvhiscgoal scoribgvfuility..if not we have to find a prospectvwho can score lots of goals in thevtop 2 lines to replace what we thought we had solved with Bedard.
Bottom line atvkeadtc4 tpb5vmorexseadobs before we see re-build fully completed.
Thisvos realistic.
Itvwoukdvhavecaccekeratedvif Bedardcprogresedxas achoalbscoreeand not regressed this season(actualky goes back to ladtc14cGPblast srason) so ax35 game regression periodcfprvhis slump (onlyv4 goals).
You cannotvsyaycin top 2blinesvorvevenninNHL longbow thatis how futile youvarevi a top six forward rile.
Hopefully Brdatdcgets back to scoribg goals as expecyed..if not he may not be on our fiture Cup contending team.
Is it possible Hawks build a contender with by having 3,not 2 scoring lines with almost equal offense ?
Maybe..if all top 3b lines or even all 4 ines chip in goal scoring from all 3 players on each line then a team of slightly better than average forwards could combine into a solid offrbsive threat team..
Line 1 60 goals (3x20 )
Line 2 60 goals (3x20)
Line 3 60 goals (3x20)
Line 4 30-36goals (3x10 -12 )
D-corps 30-35 goals
That would be a score by committee alk hands generate to get enough offense type team and that could replace need for a big scorkbg first and second line featuring 3 or 4 big scoring sets carry on most of the offense witb3rdxamd 5th lines in just checking roles.
But the reality is most contenders have just 3 or 4 top goal scorong threats and may be1 dman who gets 15goals or more while rest of the D gets less than double digits in goals scored.
So seems to me Hawks need 3 to 4 more dtaftsxto fond more star elite players for featured roles plus 1 orc2vpkayers from tradevir free agency who can supply mosfibgbiffebse solutions.
Tgevootionnofca by Comitte scoringvis a greaterv ongshot but if it does conecthat way then maybe then Bedard will not bebo that team if he cannot score his by Conitte share letcaline return to ekitecstar scoring status.
