Island Nucklehead wrote: ↑Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:08 pm
Mëds wrote: ↑Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:09 am
Island Nucklehead wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 1:32 pm
If they have a chance to be there they should try to be there.
But that doesn’t mean they should be buyers at the deadline or shy away from moving someone if a buyer is willing to pay a premium (Tanev go TO?). Organizationally, they’re probably better off missing this year and having a shot at a lottery bounce (we’re due), but given how tragic the race out West is, they might as well be involved.
Although I’m not sure I could stomach getting rolled by the Flames...
I'd be OK to them being a buyer if the target was Mark Stone, he'll only be 27 in Sept.
Ottawa is taking a massive shit right now, and their management group and owner is bad enough that it's looking more and more like their best players just don't want to stick around. Duchene turning down $8Mx8 is pretty clear because anyone who gives him enough in free agency to eclipse $64M over 7 years has their head up their asses because he is not worth $9M.
Tanev + 1st + Prospect + Conditional picks. Offer them a selection of Sutter, Baertschi, Goldobin, Granlund, and Loui, as filler.....and hope they take Sutter or Eriksson.
This is not a rental deal pipe dream though.
Our top-6 forwards would probably be as good as they've ever been.
The time to target stone is in free agency. He is not enough to push us over the top (maybe not even into the playoffs) this season.
The point would be to land him BEFORE we have to get into a bidding war in July. Like I said, not a rental. The point of getting him is not just to make the playoffs this season.
On the return, not good enough for the Sens. They wouldn’t get Hughes, but maybe 1st+Tanev+Gaudette? Too much to give up for a rental. Also, subtracting Tanev further complicates our already-sketchy back-end.
Ottawa doesn't have a 1st rounder in their first official "rebuild" year.....not good. Our 1st will be anywhere from 5th to 20th depending upon how we finish the season and do in any potential playoff series. You'll notice I didn't limit the return to just this year's 1st and Tanev.....and speaking of Tanev, he a current PART OF our "already-sketchy back-end". His lack of usefulness on the other side of the red-line is part of our overall problem and a contributing factor in our inability to generate offense at times.
Also, host the draft without a 1st rounder? Does not make for good draft viewing parties.
Spoken like a true fan who just wants to be entertained. The focus shouldn't be on draft viewing parties, it should be post-game parties and win celebrations. Mark Stone (or any player of his caliber) is a known commodity who will put pucks in the net and thereby ticks in the win column and subsequently asses in seats at Rogers. Our 2019 first round draft pick could end up being another Jake Virtanen, Cody Hodgson, Hunter Shinkaruk, Brendan Gaunce, Jared McCann, Jordan Schroeder, Patrick White, Kirill Koltsov, Brad Ference, Nathan Smith, just as easily (more likely actually) as it's another Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson, Bo Horvat, or Ryan Kesler.
But yeah, it's better to dismiss getting a known star player and hang on to the dice and pray they come up snake eyes rather than piss off a few retarded draft fanboys who prefer the thrill of a maybe.