It's almost like GoldieBotts is doing everything in his power to make sure Mittelstadt goes the Petersen route. And Eichel? Forget about it. He probably is already demanding a trade. I guess in that sense, it's good that Botts is the GM.
- Hatboro_Swords

Your posts are gold.

Keep em coming

Ugh...
I f#cking hope not

Call me crazy, but I'm just not that psyched about defensemen who can't actually play DEFENSE
- jdfitz77

Add Shatty and Smith and suddenly our defense is looking real

Your posts are gold.

Keep em coming
- Powerslave

mrs. murray is a good speller

Add Shatty and Smith and suddenly our defense is looking real
- chilliard77

I am willing to let it play itself out


we need 1 impact player still back there



and need to shed bogo, and moulson asap

agreed to a point

if your core consists of risto, mccabe, antipin, guhle, beaulieu

that's 5 guys 25 and under


it takes d men longer to develop

this team is awful slow


get the horses up front, ready for 2 years, and then grab d men like crazy the next 3 years


IMO grabbing 2 kids up front and a goalie in the first 2 rounds is more of fixing the short term holes left by Murray


I could be wrong, but I doubt it
- homiedclown

I'm fine with the best player available approach, but I was expecting him to address the defense through the draft this year. Now I'm wondering what his plans are going forward on D

David Pagnotta says there is no market for Kane, Sabres might keep him for now

Defensemen are far more valuable than forwards
Freaking Hammonic just got a 1st & two 2nds

another year wasted picking 2 forwards early & 0 defensemen

It's not really complicated...
If u wanna build a defense like Anaheim,
u have to spend your early picks on defense
- jdfitz77

New Gm taking what he believes is bpa, not drafting for position isn't bad. As others have said, Bots prolly wants to see what we really have (with a coach that's not incompetent) before panicking about our defense.

Or he's got a killer move in the works as of right now. Either way I'm not shopping for rope and a rickety stool.

David Pagnotta says there is no market for Kane, Sabres might keep him for now
- sbroads24

Sign him.

Who the (frank) are CJ Smith and Sean Malone

Who the (frank) are CJ Smith and Sean Malone
- BeadyEyedDouche

One is a running back and the other owns a bar in Boston I think.

agreed to a point

if your core consists of risto, mccabe, antipin, guhle, beaulieu

that's 5 guys 25 and under


it takes d men longer to develop

this team is awful slow


get the horses up front, ready for 2 years, and then grab d men like crazy the next 3 years


IMO grabbing 2 kids up front and a goalie in the first 2 rounds is more of fixing the short term holes left by Murray


I could be wrong, but I doubt it
- homiedclown

Nylander, Bailey & Baptiste are all great skaters though
Pu is pretty good too

It's not like we don't have speed coming soon
The one place we didn't have holes at was young forwards
It's not like I hate the picks, they were fine
But we can't continue to ignore the lack of defensemen in the organization

Risto & McCabe will be a solid part of our def core going forward
But the other guys are question marks still
And even if our defense was deep, we should still draft defense!
Look what Hammonic just got
Wouldn't it be nice to make a deal like that
Or have depth to trade a Larson for a Hall?

Add Shatty and Smith and suddenly our defense is looking real
- chilliard77

Not guys I like

CapFriendly‏ @CapFriendly 42s42 seconds ago
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TRADE:

To #Sharks:
2017 6th RD pick (185th overall)

To #Devils:
2017 8th RD pick (205th overall)
2017 8th RD pick (214th overall)

There's 8 rounds again? lmao

New Gm taking what he believes is bpa, not drafting for position isn't bad. As others have said, Bots prolly wants to see what we really have (with a coach that's not incompetent) before panicking about our defense.

Or he's got a killer move in the works as of right now. Either way I'm not shopping for rope and a rickety stool.
- LandlordTom

I'm not freaking out
But we can't keep ignoring defense in the draft & expect our defense to get good one day

David Pagnotta says there is no market for Kane, Sabres might keep him for now
- sbroads24

but I thought everyone was asking about him

Sign him.
- Powerslave

Pls no

Nylander, Bailey & Baptiste are all great skaters though
Pu is pretty good too

It's not like we don't have speed coming soon
The one place we didn't have holes at was young forwards
It's not like I hate the picks, they were fine
But we can't continue to ignore the lack of defensemen in the organization

Risto & McCabe will be a solid part of our def core going forward
But the other guys are question marks still
And even if our defense was deep, we should still draft defense!
Look what Hammonic just got
Wouldn't it be nice to make a deal like that
Or have depth to trade a Larson for a Hall?
- jdfitz77

if you have to trade for the right d man

your going to lose 2 or 3 of those kids up front though

CapFriendly‏ @CapFriendly 42s42 seconds ago
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TRADE:

To #Sharks:
2017 6th RD pick (185th overall)

To #Devils:
2017 8th RD pick (205th overall)
2017 8th RD pick (214th overall)

There's 8 rounds again? lmao
- chilliard77

Almost positive it's still just 7
Probably mistyped

Picks 205 & 214 would still be in 7th round

Sign him.
- Powerslave

Agreed

if you have to trade for the right d man

your going to lose 2 or 3 of those kids up front though
- homiedclown

Which is why we should be drafting defense early...
so we don't have to make trades like that

I keep getting this feeling that Scandella will be on our opening day roster.

Almost positive it's still just 7
Probably mistyped

Picks 205 & 214 would still be in 7th round
- jdfitz77

I know it was a typo, just being a smartass lol

After seeing the ridiculous amount that NyI got for Hammonic...

I have ZERO faith that we will trade for a top4 guy
Not anyone with great potential anyways

UFA might be the only option
And I'm really not psyched about who's out there

I keep getting this feeling that Scandella will be on our opening day roster.
- LandlordTom

Meh
He's ok
I guess it depends what we give up

Which is why we should be drafting defense early...
so we don't have to make trades like that
- jdfitz77

2 of Anahiem's top 4 were drafted in the first round, the other two one was drafted in the 4th round the other the 6th...

You're overplaying the need to draft D in the early rounds. It's all about developing them properly