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Originally Posted by ComixZone
They weren't rebuilding until the year after that Jones trade. That Jones trade was their last ditch attempt to staying competitive with the remnants of their Stanley Cups (Kane and Toews) in 2021.
In 2022, Chicago traded away Debrincat and Dach. That was the start of their rebuild. They realized what they were doing was not a path forward to success, so they hard pivoted in July of 2022.
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Maybe the weren't planning on re-building at that stage but they were still rebuilding.
Picking 8th, 3rd, 17th (would have been 9th if not for COVID and the play in), 12th, and 6th in a 5 year stretch is rebuilding...whether they wanted to admit it or not.
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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Nazar is 20 years old. He just recently joined the hawks after playing 24 games in the AHL with a 94 point pace.
Yeah, time to give up on him.
Korchinski is also 20 years old, and was forced to play NHL time as a 19 year old. Defenseman can take time to develop.
They are both high end prospects.
Zary is 3 years older than these guys. It takes time to establish yourself in the NHL.
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I didn't say they are bad prospects that won't be NHLers...I would just be surprised if they end up being special players or stars in the NHL.
Nazar had okay college production but nothing remarkable. His AHL play was promising for sure and the best he's looked as a prospect but I see a bit of an undersized scoring second line forward from him at best.
Korchinski probably more of a second pairing dman.
Neither of those things is bad...just not special.