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Originally Posted by traptor
Hey I get it and agree for the most part. We should of bottomed out a few years ago.
What is this teams ceiling without those types of players? No idea.
Wolf might be in that category for his position. But he won't be enough by himself to make us a contender.
We're most likely going to have to find it without bottoming out though, with the direction it seems we're going in.
Although it's not crazy to think the bottom falls of next year.
Could Coronato be a 40g+\80pt+ guy in a couple years? Unlikely, but I could see it.
Maybe he turns into Pastranak level guy.
Parehk could be a top 10 d man in the league in a few years.
Florida traded for Reinhart and Chucky. Vegas traded for Eichel. If we're not bottoming out we're probably going to have to try and make a big swing trade.
We may need to be creative and get those players outside of the bottom of the draft, ie development or trade
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We also need to take a good look at what stage the team was in. Vegas was contending for a cup; Florida just won a president's trophy. Florida also traded a 115-point player and 3rd overall draft pick for Tkachuk and up and coming defenceman that was highly regarded.
Teams in a rebuild don't make those trades, and contending teams make those trades because they can and they have the assets.
The Eichel one is always funny trying to use it as a comparison to Pettersson. How many teams in the gutter joined the Eichel sweeptakes? None it was Calgary and Vegas 2 teams trying to win.