Quoting: Vegasloveforthebills
Tuch and Theodore were starters from Halloween in Season 1, as well has numerous other 24 year old guys which are what Schuldt and Whitecloud will be.
They also traded Miller this season to promote a kid to the defense.
They will probably still send Holden down to the AHL to get a second one on the roster.
And none of the trades they did were for a 32 year old defenseman, Stone was 26 Pacioretty 29, which is what Petry will be. No way they are giving up a first and more for him.
And that doesn’t even take into consideration that people still are unsure how much McCrimmon will be in charge of when he officially becomes GM on 9/1. McPhees history may not mean as much.
Tuch had a successfull rookie Pro year in the AHL and although the offense didnt translate in the NHL in his 6 games he was likely to start for MIN had he stayed
Theodore after a great playoff run with ANA no less , ofcourse he starts . . . . . . . .
Schuldt and Whitecloud are both undrafted picks are they not ?
you know you're reaching when you got to skip right to the undrafted prospects lol
you're ignoring the fact that they've moved out 3/5 1st round picks they had
they moved Branstrom ,Suzuki and a 1st to DET for Tatar used to draft Joe Veleno .
they only have Krebs ,Glass and Hague to show from 3 years of drafting including year 1 they had three 1st's and two 2nd's
Glass will be traded before he plays in VGK as he'll need 2-3 years on bottom line to develop and VGK wont invest him longterm like that as NSH did Scissons and WSH did Wilson
Krebs is good enough to make the jump directly into the top 9 with good speed
Hague is still a good 2-3 AHL seasons from growing into his lanky frame and foot speed.
like Branstrom , the minute Hague standsout they'll use him as a trade piece to land a top player like Stone
you're completely ignoring facts to go with how you percieve reality , which isnt bad as i like you wouldnt do that trade
but what either of us thinks personally doesnt matter , what Mcphee has a history of doing does as he's the GM in VGK building an older team
by sacrificing youth and taking full advantage of the fact that they are Exempt from the Expansion draft so they will be the only buyers in a selling market .
they can go big on not only players like Hall but the RNH,Granlunds ,Krug , Hoffman , Schenn , Galchneyuk and the a dozen other quality players from Kreider to Josi,Spurgeon to Simmonds . Not as many teams will be looking to add after re-structuring for an Expansion draft and VGK can use that to their advantage turning a Nosek , Eakin or Reaves that are UFA's also .
everything i've ever seen from Mcphee tells me he's going to make a play at a cup today
if the player isnt a NHL ready prospect in 2 years time he moves them for someone who is
doesnt matter if its WSH GM Mcphee or VGK GM Mcphee his MO is ALWAYS the same .