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Old 03-18-2024, 12:15 AM   #305
Tbull8
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy View Post
Taking McDonald instead of Demko was idiotic at the time, and well...
Bennett not being the 1C we needed
Monahan was a solid 1C but became injury prone
Fox screwing the team that drafted him
Trading futures for Hamonic and missing a chance to grab Dobson
Also Hamilton not fitting in here really screwed us on having a 1D but Treliving got a solid return of younger core players for him at least

If in 2019 this team has:

1. Demko breaking in
2. Healthy Monahan
3. Stud 1C Bennett
4. Fox in the system
5. Dobson in the system
6. Tkachuk and Gaudreau
7. Lindholm and Hanifin (and no Fox was not pivotal in acquiring these two IMO)

We probably have a lot more than two playoff series wins (plus one play in round win)
Even if we take out Fox, wow that is a nice core. The biggest miss imo is smith and hickey over Point. 2 chances at him after the first round and we didn’t even bother. That to me would’ve been franchise altering, then there’s less pressure on Bennett to be a 1C.
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