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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 5, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 25, 2018 at 2:04 p.m.
Thread: Please Just End Me
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hawkisles</b></div><div>To play devil's advocate, it's possible that Lou wants all of the prospects to not only develop more in the AHL, but also to develop locker room chemistry with each other before they make their first full season debuts. It's also possible that he wants tank as hard as possible this season, grab Hughes/Cozens/Broberg, then put Hughes/Cozens/Broberg on the roster next year along with a host of other well groomed and ready prospects from the AHL.

If that's his plan, he should fire Thompson, an AHL coach who ruins every prospect he touches (Ho-Sang, Dal Colle, Reinhart, Nino, Strome, Nelson). I think if we're going to get a line about the kids proving themselves in Bridgeport, don't set them up to fail when they're there.

--Devil's advocate arguments over--

**** this veteran priority bullshit, this is exactly why we've sucked the last two years and this is exactly why JT walked. Lou better not plan on doing this next year or Barzal will demand a trade at the 2020 TDL. And that Komarov signing isn't going to be worth it at any point this year or the next four years. Lou has been a massive disappointment so far. All we've seen from him are two good draft picks that fell into his lap after he inherited them from Snow. The rest have been unsubstantiated rumors about trading for a star and bad FA signings.

At least we have Trotz.</div></div>

I agree with Lou being a massive disappointment so far, he's been exactly was Snow was. But honestly I didn't expect a drastic change, he's been a pretty terrible GM since the salary cap, it was just nice to see a fresh face but it clearly hasn't paid off in the slightest. The development argument I can see but there's some guys that absolutely have no business playing in the AHL, yet Lou thinks a guy like Luca Sbisa is better fit for the team, like come on it's just awful. Hopefully he finds a way to move some of these contracts because we're screwed in the future if he doesn't. Just laughable.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 7, 2018 at 1:48 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 2, 2018 at 9:51 p.m.
Thread: Immediate Defensive Threat
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AU5TINx</b></div><div>You could put a numerical "Value" on each draft pick all day, but there is an intangible value to a high pick, which is "the player we take could turn out to be a franchise player" and you will find that makes pick in the top 5 incredibly hard to acquire</div></div>

Of course you can, that 5th pick could also turn out to be a complete bust. Isles traded out of the 5th pick in 2008 because they didn't think Nikita Filatov was going to live up to the hype, which he didn't. The value sheet was based off previous drafts and how players ended up performing at those picks. It's obviously not always right but I just used it as a basis because when it really comes down to it the team makes the price. Maybe that 5th pick is immovable to the Yotes, maybe they want to drop down and add picks
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 2, 2018 at 12:38 a.m.
Thread: With the 5th Overall Selection, we pick from the.....
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>F50marco</b></div><div>Fair enough but just think about that for second. Someone said that same thing about Brock Boeser, Matt Barzal and Charlie McCavoy :|...... The draft is a crap shoot sometimes. It never works out perfectly.</div></div>

Oh I know, well aware of how hit or miss it is, there’s also some teams that made some terrible decisions during those drafts. Like the Bruins taking Sensyshn before Barzal three me for a loop, especially since he was a borderline 1st rounder and I personally wasn’t a fan. it regardless all the tape I’ve watched I just can’t see Tkachuk panning our like people think he will, I think offensively he’s going to be worse than Matt but more of a physical/two way guy. I feel like people are just expecting him to be this crazy scorer the second he hits the league