Quoting: TheOtherAuston
I'm not trying to be rude at all when I say this, but the wings have one of the lowest ranked prospect pools in the NHL, I think if you can improve it at any position you need too.
What source are you referencing? Again most pundits have Wings in the top half of prospect rankings.
Quoting: TheOtherAuston
I think they have 3 maybe 4 top prospects the rest are pickums. I should have been slightly more clear, in correlation to the amount of picks they have had over the last 3 years (one of the highest in the NHL) they should have made out better on there picks turning into high quality assets, and I'm not saying the leafs are all that great right now either but the two teams are in completely different positions. For instance let's say the wings were in the leafs position in the standings the three prospects that would be available are seider veleno and wallinder, and as a wings fan you would likely say the first two aren't available because they have the highest upside for there respective positions and then you would try too pedal your B prospects. The leafs aren't even doing that. They are offering top quality guys in multiples... Not just one.
So you say, but pundits who do this for a living say different. You could be right, no offense I read several sources who say differently. Yes will.all the prospects pan out, of course not, we both know that, but to say most are pickers is opinion, based only on your definition. Yzerman proved , whether by luck or just good scouting, can draft well. If what you say is they should take more picks and propsects for proven players makes no sense. You defeat your own arguement. If the cupboard is bare then why give him more bullets just to waste them.
Again, I have stated on here many times, teams in a rebuild need to draw a line in the sand and start from there. If we trade Mantha, Bertuzzi and Hronek for futures and they pan out or look like they are planning out, teams in the next 4 to 5 years will say, you need to rebuild and take picks and younger prospects. It creates a cycle or never ending rebuild. Wings become a feeder system for other clubs. Not truly a NHL team.
Are the Wings down, yes no question. Have they hit rock bottom, I hope so, but I beleive so and now it is up to Yzerman to guide the team forward.
Will Bertuzzi or other young players like Mantha, Zadina, Hronek or Larkin be dealt, maybe but they are not being traded for younger players who have proved nothing for the same position. They will trade them to plug holes where we have lack or prospect talent.
Sandin probably is not getting traded, I understand, but the Wings will want what they want or they will pass. Some on this post make it like Wings have no choice, and that is just arrogance.