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GDT #22 Caps at Coyotes @ 9pm
Mickstix:
I think Miro and possibly Frank are the only "skill" guys we have in the pipeline. Not even sure about Frank, he's just fast as fuck. We don't draft high enough to get legit top 6r's. err 3r's.
Beaglefan2:
Rich, I agree that we are a mediocre team that has a AHL farm team that may yield a few bottom 6 guys. The problem is going to be that we won't get top 10 picks, except last year, for a while and will be stuck in the dreaded middle - good enough to stay close enough to making the playoffs, but bad enough to not have a chance to compete for a Cup.
Our best hope is that our two last 1st round picks. Miro and Leonard, turn out to be really, really good and that a few other recent picks overachieve and give us a new young group of 5 or 6 guys that we can build around. Ideally, we would have tanked this year and gotten a top 10 pick, but that is looking doubtful.
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: Beaglefan2 on Thursday December 07, 2023, 09:35:24 AM Eastern ---... Ideally, we would have tanked this year and gotten a top 10 pick, but that is looking doubtful.
--- End quote ---
Oh not to worry...There's still plenty of time... :snicker:
Mickstix:
I think we have a chance to at least compete, if we can use Nicky's salary to lure in a legit top center. Was kinda hoping Oshie would "decide to step away" as well, but we'll see how that turns out. Nicky isn't coming back, it's just a shame they have to pretend he might, so he can keep getting paid. Leonsis just needs to suck it up and spend that extra $9m.
alta:
There isn’t an extra $9M though. Half of it was already used when guys came off IR, and they still need $2M for Pacs. I’d rather not see the team max out the payroll again, it gave them damn near zero options for the past 6 years.
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