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Calgary4LIfe · 07-15-2017, 07:50 PM

I don't get why they haven't moved Duchene yet either. That was a great price for him. I don't think anyone is going to offer Colorado more than essentially two 1sts and two 2nds.

They could have taken those picks and used them as currency to then flip them for young defencemen. How they don't make a deal with Carolina is beyond me. It is like they are trying to make up for their past poor trades and get everything back.

At any rate, this lineup looks like a heck of a good start to build from:

Landeskog - MacKinnon - Rantanen
xxxxx - Duchene - xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxx - xxxxxx- xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxx - xxxxxx- xxxxxxxxxx

Johnson - xxxxx
Barrie - xxxxx
xxxxx - xxxxx

Varlamov
xxxxxx

Problem is that team has crap all left over. Too many poor trades erode all the depth and "can't miss" trajectory that team had. How could they allow Stastny to walk away for nothing?

Now do you ride what they have and try to augment their D through the draft and FA? Too many years. Now you get into a situation where you have to trade good assets to add to your defence, and try to augment your forwards through the draft (easier and faster as they usually develop quicker).

I wouldn't know where to start on that team if I was the GM. That was a miss by Sakic though - 4 picks in the first 2 rounds is something that makes sense to me, or just keep Hamonic and try to move the other 1st for another D. That is what needs the most work on that team.

07-15-2017, 07:50 PM	#190
Calgary4LIfe Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2010 Exp:	I don't get why they haven't moved Duchene yet either. That was a great price for him. I don't think anyone is going to offer Colorado more than essentially two 1sts and two 2nds. They could have taken those picks and used them as currency to then flip them for young defencemen. How they don't make a deal with Carolina is beyond me. It is like they are trying to make up for their past poor trades and get everything back. At any rate, this lineup looks like a heck of a good start to build from: Landeskog - MacKinnon - Rantanen xxxxx - Duchene - xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx - xxxxxx- xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx - xxxxxx- xxxxxxxxxx Johnson - xxxxx Barrie - xxxxx xxxxx - xxxxx Varlamov xxxxxx Problem is that team has crap all left over. Too many poor trades erode all the depth and "can't miss" trajectory that team had. How could they allow Stastny to walk away for nothing? Now do you ride what they have and try to augment their D through the draft and FA? Too many years. Now you get into a situation where you have to trade good assets to add to your defence, and try to augment your forwards through the draft (easier and faster as they usually develop quicker). I wouldn't know where to start on that team if I was the GM. That was a miss by Sakic though - 4 picks in the first 2 rounds is something that makes sense to me, or just keep Hamonic and try to move the other 1st for another D. That is what needs the most work on that team.