Ok.....I hope we win and all those guys turn out as well. - belcherbd
We traded for a 24 year old 6'5 Dman that is tough. He should be here close to 10 years kicking peoples asses and clearing the net. To me that is building for today and for the future.
We gave up a guy who wasn't popular , not playing his regular position , and was in and out of the lineup. In three to four years who knows how he does.
We also gave up a second round pick in a not very deep draft
We traded for a 24 year old 6'5 Dman that is tough. He should be here close to 10 years kicking peoples asses and clearing the net. To me that is building for today and for the future.
We gave up a guy who wasn't popular , not playing his regular position , and was in and out of the lineup. In three to four years who knows how he does.
We also gave up a second round pick in a not very deep draft - VANTEL
I'm excited about Gudbanson and think the price is fair..... I'm just not confident that this in conjunction with the other shortcuts will actually lead us to be contenders again.
Just listened to this, sorry if it has already been shared....
Benning on the 2nd round pick, that after talking about they realized that the players they were looking at in that position would be 5 or 6 years away from helping the team..... no poop
I don't think it could be any clearer that there is no rebuild. - belcherbd
Problem being Colborne has never scored 20 goals, Hansen has. - Scooby_Doo
true totally forgot that he did break 20 this year by getting 3 more goals then colborne. that counts more then the fact that yearly getting more assets.
...same point. a 1st is a big stretch, I'd be happy with a 2nd for colborne and id consider him having more value then hansen
Just listened to this, sorry if it has already been shared....
Benning on the 2nd round pick, that after talking about they realized that the players they were looking at in that position would be 5 or 6 years away from helping the team..... no poop
I don't think it could be any clearer that there is no rebuild. - belcherbd
What do you qualify as a rebuild? Does it mean tanking for 5 straight years and drafting top 10 every year or does it mean taking and old stale roster and replacing it with better players?
If you look at the roster shake up in the last 2 years it's a pretty different team then what is was. As far a good young talent there is Horvat, Baertschi, Virtanen, Boeser and this years 1st.
On D you have Hutton, Tryminkin and Gudbranson. Demko in net.
Instead of going full Oiler there is still a veteran stabilizing presence in the twins, Hansen, Sutter, Edler, Tanev and Miller.
Just because it is not a traditional tank rebuild, does not mean it still isn't a rebuild.
I'm excited about Gudbanson and think the price is fair..... I'm just not confident that this in conjunction with the other shortcuts will actually lead us to be contenders again. - belcherbd
We improved yesterday and when we draft in June our future will be better and this is just the beginning.
We had a losing core and changes are just starting. Buckle your seat belt.
Yup, Maclean, McGuire and Button have great hockey mgmt track records - belcherbd
Who's employed in the actual environment and who isn't. Those guys are at real hockey games, where everyone else watches what CBC wants to broadcast. One (frank)ing angle, if that's how HB individuals base their analysis of players abilities then I'm
