And Hemsky never scored over 30 goals in a season in his career. I’d argue he would be more like David Perron when he was on the Blues than Jordan Kyrou because 43 of the 174 goals Hemsky scored was on the Power Play. Which is just like Perron.

I definitely forgot about considering goalscoring when picking Hemsky as an example, sorry, I was trying to find a young ppg forward,

Slaf is very very questionable. I didn’t like the pick when he was drafted I felt he was a little overhyped. Caufield is going to be interesting if he can stay healthy. Suzuki is more defensive I think he’s a career 60-65 Pt player. Again very good player not taking anything away from him but I don’t think he gets 75 unless they have the top line powerhouse that he can feed off of. Dach will also be interesting. Don’t sleep on Mittelstadt he’s a solid Top 4 and as much as everyone wants to hate on Mailloux he’s a solid defender as well. So while I agree there is potential. It’s only potential until it comes together. Suzuki hasn’t been super consistent Caufield gets injured and slows down. Slaf hasn’t been available.

I also think you expect more out of Guhle than like 98% of people believe he will be. I like Guhle I think he’s a 2-3D but if I’m trading a 24-25 year old PPG forward you’ll have to do better. Because trading for a Prospect Guhle like actually makes us worse lol. We are already missing a 1LW we shouldn’t try and start missing a 1RW for a D that we haven’t seen play top line minutes ever.

I will have to disagree about Suzuki. He already got more than 65 pts this year, but played 30ish games with legitimate half AHL roster, and those games were without Cole and quite a few with Dach. He should be able to crack 80 pretty easily and as soon as next year. Don’t forget he had a 100 pt pace in the first 20 games of the season. If he can sustain a little, he will be very good offensively. As for Slaf, I can understand why people are skeptical about him, but doing so would be the same mistake as doubting J.Hughes. Slaf has the tools to be an over 90 pt guy, he just needs to put it all together, and for that, a player needs a good work ethic, something that Slaf is in the top of the entire league. While I agree that trading Kyrou will make MTL better and St.Louis worse on the short term, I can’t say the same for the long term, and MTL aren’t contending now, they should be starting to contend when Guhle is around 24, in which he should start to approach his prime.