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Forum: NHLJul. 3, 2023 at 3:31 p.m.
Thread: An idea to change the dynamic of the draft
I have an idea to try and shrink the time it takes to get the worst teams in the league back to playoff contention. The idea would be to...

-reduce the draft lottery to the bottom five teams (all with equal chance to win)
-give the team who wins the draft lottery the first two picks.
-the team that wins the lottery does not get a first round pick in the next years draft.
-expansion team gets first picks

Unless you are running into years where it is a drastically bad draft this puts any team who wins a clear path towards a competitive team in the next few years and keeps fan bases of the worst teams excited for whats to come. Just going back to the Mcdavid Draft.

Oilers get Mcdavid and Eichel
Mapleleafs get Mathews and Laine
Devils getting Hischier and Patrick/makar (weak draft year)
Sabres getting Dahlin and Svechnikov (weak draft year)
Devils get Hughes and Kakko
Rangers get Lafreniere and Byfield
Kraken get Power and Beniers
Montreal takes Wright/Cooley and Slafkovsky
Chicago takes Beddard and Carlsson

Only Devils won it twice and they'd be Cup contenders with these players. Anaheim is probably next on this list and adding a first and second overall to them makes them Cup Contenders. Or a team like San Jose it puts back towards contention. It also puts two future big dollar players on teams who win.
Thoughts?
Forum: St. Louis BluesJun. 28, 2023 at 9:58 p.m.
Forum: Mock-DraftJun. 8, 2023 at 4:44 p.m.
Thread: trades
I think I was ready to go with Moore/Willander with our first two picks but Willander has shot up draft boards making it unrealistic. Smith and Moore really fit the direction this team is headed and to not get one of them would really suck. I would rather not spend the ten pick on a defenseman when there will be a dynamic offensive player available. We do not have a long term 2C and that has to be a bigger priority than a strong defensive dman to go with Krug. I also can’t say I’m wanting to grab another LHD when we have Perunovich, Buchinger, Loof and Rosen already. I like the idea of Jordan Tourigny with our first 3rd round pick. I keep coming back to Gauthier because he’s a front of net goal scorer who’s proven it on the international stage with a solid +/- and not many of our prospects are like him.
Forum: Mock-DraftApr. 11, 2023 at 7:57 p.m.
Thread: 4/10/23 with desctiption
As far as not taking a dman in the first, if we have more than one pick in the top 20 I certainly hope we don’t grab a defenseman with those picks. Only ASP and Reinbacher are worth it and will probably both be taken. Outside of them Dragicevic, Simashev and Gulyayev are the only worthy first round picks. I know you are high on Price and Lindstein but I don’t think either are the perfect pairing for Parayko. Also look at next yeas draft, it’s stacked with LHD. If we have a chance to add two dynamic forwards to our prospect pool of Neighbors, Dean, Bolduc and Snuggerud, I think we should go for two centers with our picks. I went for Perrault because he’s playing on a line with Smith and Leonard and lightning it up. I’d love to see a Perrault Thomas Snuggerud line for the next decade +.
Forum: Mock-DraftMar. 9, 2023 at 10:23 p.m.
Thread: what the hell do i know eh
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AC14</b></div><div>I like Danielson, I would rather have Moore though to be honest. Wouldn't hate Reinbacher there either, we desperately need top 4 d options in our system. Sucks in this hypothetical that Bonk and Simashev are gone before our pick at 25/29. Hoping we grab one of them, Bruscewitz, or Straback with one of the later picks. Ideally, but not likely we move both of them to get back into the 12-15 range. and can grab a mid-range 2nd by trading off a d man, but that's all fairy-tale world.

A little scared of Dvorsky, but man he's got some tools.</div></div>
I too am all aboard the Oliver Moore train. He can really fly and isn't necessarily the play driver so putting him with Thomas or Kyrou would be deadly! I also think next years draft is the draft to go after first round defenseman. I like the idea of going after players like Daniil But, Ethan Gauthier, Gabriel Perreault, Charlie Stramel with our later first round picks. Hopefully the Rangers and Leafs get knocked out in the first round!