[TOfan]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

I agree, that is why they need to get rid of the GM and the coach this offseason. Give the new GM a 5 year deal and ask him to do a couple things

1) rebuild the system. Explain that the last guy drafted more defencemen in the first 3 rounds (5) during his tenure than he did forwards (4). Have a chuckle about how there are twice as many forwards on a team as there are dmen. Talk about how even Nashville traditionally drafts twice as many forwards in the first 3 rounds as they do dmen, because that just makes mathematical sense.

2) Then have a discussion about the trades that have been completed over the past 4 years. Point out we feel comfortable short term with the goaltending situation, made a couple trades to shore that up. Point out that we need to improve the forward position. Obviously we did not draft any forwards (or not nearly the ratio of forwards to defencemen that we should have) but we also did not trade for any of substance either (biggest impact forward acquired in 4 years was Alex Chiasson). Point out that we did make 3 other major acquisitions, all on defence. New GM will probably be like "wow, you really got defence covered, you have 4 of your top 6 prospects are defencemen and you have 6 NHL dmen, which really is an impressive array of defensive talent.

3) point out that you have 1 world class forward, 2 very good forwards, 4 ok forwards and Lazar, Shore, Hathaway, Bennett, Brouwer filling out the remaining starting 12 going into 2018/2019. Have the guy grimace. Have him ask "why did you need to draft and trade for so many goddamn defencemen"? Shrug your shoulders and say "I don't know, but we did". Tell the new GM we could really use a more balanced approach to our drafting, trading, development. Suggest that we try to do it all in moderation, and use advanced math models like this one

Forwards are 60 percent of your NHL roster so try to have 6 out of every 10 top prospects be forwards and 3 out of your top 5

Defencemen are 30 percent of your NHL roster so try to have 3 out of your top 10 prospects be dmen and at most 2 out of your top 5.

Goalies are 10 percent. Since goalies are wildcards to develop always have at least once legit NHL goalie prospect under 22 in your system, ideally two.

Let the guy know that despite your desire to win as an owner, you did not order the last guy to only acquire defencemen, that was his own choice.

That is what I would do. If we kept BT I would be worried he would make up for lost time in 2019 and use his 1st on another dman.

You certainly have a wild imagination, don't you?