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Old 08-17-2020, 02:58 PM   #2364
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Originally Posted by ComixZone View Post
That means we'd be exposing...Giordano and someone else notable up front.

I really think the goal with Gaudreau should be the 7th or 8th overall pick. I could be sold on Frost + 1st + 1st, but I'd still WAY sooner go after the 7th or the 8th.

If you go back and look at the 7th and 8th picks in recent years - and this season is a strong draft - it is filled with stars. At that pick, unless you're incompetent, you're generally grabbing yourself a high impact player - especially when you look at this years strong draft.

Jamie Drysdale - bang, our defence is locked in for years.
Cole Perfetti/Marco Rossi/Anton Lundell - our centre depth is improved HUGELY.

If you can get one of those picks, and then shoot your shot on Hall and Lehner - I think you've had a significant summer.

Sam Bennett is showing us right now the incompetence of our previous coaches (which we already knew) and Treliving's bumbling of the depth players (..which we also already knew). Do not trade Sam Bennett without giving him a full season at centre with good wingers.
Is Drysdale really going to play in the NHL next year and be an impact top 4 Dman straight out of junior?

I don't see it. Even Makar and Hughes didn't make the jump right away.

I think if you want to target a young RHD who is expansion exempt and can jump into the league next year you go after Nils Lundkvist from the Rangers. He's blocked by Trouba and Fox long term (they also have Deangelo as a RHD too), is 20 years old and just put up godly numbers in the Swedish league where he's been playing against men for 3 seasons now already.
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