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What Might Have Been
4 Caps:
i was doing a little research on the two rookies in the All Star Game, Brock Boeser and Brayden Point. I am really impressed with Boeser, he has a heck of a shot as witnessed by his winning the accurate shot competition and had a nice goal in the first game. Vancouver selected him with the 23rd pick in the 2015 draft. With the pick right before Boeser was picked, the Caps selected Ilya Samsonov. Now admittedly Samsonov is rated the best goalie prospect but the fact is he won’t be our starting goalie for the next 3 or 4 years depending on when Holtby’s contract is up. It would be nice to have a scorer like Boeser on this years team to help out Ovi.
As for Point, he is having a tremendous year for Tampa Bay. He was selected by Tampa Bay with the 79th pick in the 2014 draft. With the 39th pick, the Caps selected Vitek Vanechek. Actually Point is not a rookie as this is second year in the NHL but I had never heard of him before this season. He would be a nice addition to this years Caps team.
But what is done is done so I can’t dwell on it but I found it interesting. Drafting is so important in building a team and overall I think the Caps have done a pretty good job over the years under Ross Mahoney’s direction.
Surreylily:
The whole scouting thing I find quite interesting and I imagine is quite challenging.
These guys aren't just looking for raw talent, they also have to look at temperament and sustainability - prone to illness/injury, even at a very young age. The passage of the male hormones when they are at their most rife and prolific and therefore most potentially damaging to their own and the sports reputation.
The scouts have to be very canny. They need to know people and nature even more than they can recognise skill. A very fine balance.
DC_1908:
Our scouting department, and those who instruct them, need overhauls.
Bottom line is their decisions, thresholds, and the execution of these, have lead to a to a comprised of primarily one-way players that result in consistent cap-hell.
Next Sunday, well again see the template of how a pro-sports team, or just any business, should be run to not only to be successful, but to dominate . . . This includes drafting or signing players to for specific roles and not for talent or marketability.
Maacoshark:
There have been a lot of what ifs in the history of the Caps as there us with every team. Its too early to evaluate this what if. I think the biggest what ifs for us are the Forsberg trade, drafting Fehr ahead of Getzlaf and trading for Dale Hunter. Odd that no one ever mentions the Hunter trade. We gave up Haworth, Dushene and a first round pick. That pick was Joe Sakic. One of the best to ever play. Man what could have been.
4 Caps:
Of course there is no gurantee that we would have drafted Sakic if we had our 1st round pick. I know there is no point in playing the what if game, as you state every team can say the same thing. The Forsberg trade still irritates me. If Erat had been in his prime that deal wouldn’t bother me so much but he was at the end of his career. Has to be the worst trade in Caps history and one of the worst trades in NHL history.
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