Who Will be Tanking for Gavin Mckenna in 2025 2026

[TGWL]

Depends who wins the lotto this year. Might eliminate a team if they win their 2nd #1 lotto in 5 years.

 

[Gabrielor]

Buffalo will be a front-runner in Feb, 26, go on a weird win streak after their 15th straight playoff math elimination, and pick some hot prospect 8th that'll help your favorite team win a cup in 7-8 years.

 

[StreetHawk]

Depends who wins the lotto this year. Might eliminate a team if they win their 2nd #1 lotto in 5 years.

Said before in order to Tank, GM needs to be secure in their job to be in the bottom 3 next season to go into it with the expectation to be bad. Otherwise if they are likely to be fired if they are bottom 3 bad they will aim to make moves to better the club in summer of 2025.
I don’t think Davidson of Chicago has that luxury.
Grier, in SJ might have 1 more year to be that bad.
Buffalo, don’t think Adams can afford it.
Francis in Seattle, probably can afford it.
Trotz in Nash? Would need to look at selling a couple more vets if they do.
Pitt, hard to see them that bad so long as Sid is healthy.
Ana, got better this season. Would be a massively disappointment if they go from close to 80 points to maybe 70 next season.
Isles, if they get a new GM he’d be given the grace period to be that bad.

That’s how I look at it. Tanking is intentionally planning on being in the bottom 3 going into the season. So, only so many GMs would survive to benefit from doing that.

 

[Dead Coyote]

Intentional or not, nothing can save the Seattle Kraken from being absolutely god awful and losing the majority of games to put them in a top 5 draft spot.

Would need like 5 unlikely things to happen to even have a chance

1) Grubs gets jettisoned to the sun
2) Daccord doesn't get injured
3) Stezka or Grubs replacement is solid
4) Beniers, Kakko and Wright all continue playing well or elevate their game
5) FA signing to replace Bjorkstrand and Gourde
6) Dunn + Montour + Evans + Oleksiak + basically our whole D stop shitting the bed constantly
7) McCann plays more like he did the last few years instead of looking like he's nursing an injury the entire year
8) McCann learns how to shoot
9) We somehow pull a 1C/2C out of our ass

 

[StrawHatEklund]

Sharks will likely be bottom 5 next year. Definitely not out right tanking but I would be surprised if we are say the 6th or 7th worst team. But we should be on the outside fighting for a WC the following year hopefully. I don’t want to have high odds for DuPont. It means we aren’t progressing well.

 

[GrandBison]

Boston should. As a Habs fan, we need the Bruins back in shape sooner than later. Habs-Bruins playoffs is the meaning of hockey.

 

[Kevinsane]

Pittsburgh will be brutal by this time in 2026. My money is on them to draft McKenna.

 

[Kevinsane]

Pittsburgh will be brutal by this time in 2026. My money is on them to draft McKenna.

Seattle may be that bad without ever being that good, and be the first team to look like an expansion team twice in five years.

 

[Darren McCord]

Pittsburgh will be brutal by this time in 2026. My money is on them to draft McKenna.

Accept it’s going it’s going to be with the rangers pick