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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
I'd rather have Pickard than Lack but I just don't see BT making a move like that before Lack has played a single game.
Strange moves by Vegas. I don't really get it.
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Agree with it or not, but Duha was on the radio and explained that GMGM had a pretty clear plan that he has executed.
It was this; All he was concerned about was setting the team up to be good sooner rather than later, but not necessarily right away.
What GM has done is combined 3 drafts into one this past draft when he had 3 1st rounders, 2 2nds and an early 3rd. He figures by doing it this way it will accelerate the draft and develop process and make Vegas relevant within a few years. Playing the long game but getting to it in the shortest possible timeline.
Now you are seeing him upgrading what he has on hand moving forward. The move to claim Subban is just that in his mind.
Going to be interesting to see if it pays off for him or he doesn't last long enough to see it through. Losing gets old fast and particularly in a new market with very little hockey culture.