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Maaco - clearly, we need to start adding skilled forwards to the pipeline in future Drafts.
The key, for me, is seeing Vrana and Burakovsky becoming sick, speedy, and skilled forwards that are potting 20 to 30 goals - and timely ones at that.
Those two have to make the jump Kuzy did - not saying they can have that level of impact (and they're wingers, not pivots), but that's the expectation I believe they need to have for themselves.
And in the bottom six, I really want to see Stephenson, Boyd and Walker up their games. That happens, we have some time to get the pipeline packed with prospects for the forward ranks as Ovi and Nicky start slowing down (or worse, 'move on' when both have their deals come up for renewal in 2 years or so).
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Sunday July 01, 2018, 08:50:37 PM Eastern --- Ranking our d prospects is tough. Right now Djoos is probably a bit a head of the other guys. I think sending Bowey back to Hershey was good for him. He played well when he was sent down and I think he would be right behind Djoos. After that Johansen, Hobbs and Seigenthalter are fairly even. I might give a slight edge to Hobbs because he is a right handed dman. We dont have as many right handed dmen. Alex Alexeyev would be behind them just because he hasn't played any in the pros yet. Lewington could be in the mix too if they want to add a physical presence.
Its possible we could trade some defensive prospects for some talent upfront. We dont have a lot of forwards that look promising.
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Mickstix:
Don't know if this was expected or not, but another coach gone to the Islanders.. Lambert to join Trotz in NY.. And apparently Mitch Korn may be next.. (Ō_ƆŎ) :-\
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Thursday July 05, 2018, 12:15:32 PM Eastern ---Don't know if this was expected or not, but another coach gone to the Islanders.. Lambert to join Trotz in NY.. And apparently Mitch Korn may be next.. (Ō_ƆŎ) :-\
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I would classify it as "not surprising." One thing a new coach likes to do is surround himself with people with whom he feels comfortable. And all indications were that Trotz was generally very comfortable with his coaching staff.
This is another reason why the Trotz/Reirden situation had to be resolved quickly -- so that both could deal with having who they wanted on their coaching staffs. To be honest, we have no idea which if any of the remaining staff Reirden would have wanted to keep.
alta:
I see Korn going with Trotz as well. Which sucks for the Caps. They had better find a real goalie coach for Holts, otherwise our Vezina goalie will go the way Carey did.
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: alta on Thursday July 05, 2018, 06:15:33 PM Eastern ---I see Korn going with Trotz as well. Which sucks for the Caps. They had better find a real goalie coach for Holts, otherwise our Vezina goalie will go the way Carry did.
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Except Carey wasnt a vezina calibre goaltender. He had one decent season. His numbers weren't even over the top the season that he won the vezina. He really wasn't a very good goalie. After we traded him, his numbers were terrible. He ended up back in the AHL.
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