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NickC1988

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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 18, 2023 at 4:43 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 10, 2023 at 5:39 a.m.
Thread: Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NickC1988</b></div><div>Our D prospects aren't NHL ready. I don't think Korchinski is ready like everyone else believes. He's not great in his own zone yet and given the expected roster next season, he'll be facing a lot of tough minutes, especially in road games. Is it really going to help his development playing against MacKinnon and Rantanen? I think the 24-25 season is where we'll see a lot of prospects make the jump to full time NHL action (Korchinski, Slaggert, Nazar, Rinzell, Commesso). Coincidentally, this will be right around the time for the hawks to begin contending. Perhaps they sign one of the many stars available in the 2024 free agent class.

We will see how it shakes out, but i'm not opposed to them coming together or individually. If they deserve to be here so be it. Part of the reason the hawks were successful in the 2010s was because of how their prospects matured in different years. Byfuglien, Bickell, Shaw, Teravainen. I think KD weaponizes the cap space to acquire picks this season, then weaponizes the picks to acquire RFAs teams can't afford in 2024.</div></div>

Time to give prospects like Phillips and Vlasic minutes, let them sink or swim.

Let Korchinski, Del Mastro, Rinzel, Allan etc marinate further
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 10, 2023 at 7:02 a.m.
Thread: Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NickC1988</b></div><div>Our D prospects aren't NHL ready. I don't think Korchinski is ready like everyone else believes. He's not great in his own zone yet and given the expected roster next season, he'll be facing a lot of tough minutes, especially in road games. Is it really going to help his development playing against MacKinnon and Rantanen? I think the 24-25 season is where we'll see a lot of prospects make the jump to full time NHL action (Korchinski, Slaggert, Nazar, Rinzell, Commesso). Coincidentally, this will be right around the time for the hawks to begin contending. Perhaps they sign one of the many stars available in the 2024 free agent class.

We will see how it shakes out, but i'm not opposed to them coming together or individually. If they deserve to be here so be it. Part of the reason the hawks were successful in the 2010s was because of how their prospects matured in different years. Byfuglien, Bickell, Shaw, Teravainen. I think KD weaponizes the cap space to acquire picks this season, then weaponizes the picks to acquire RFAs teams can't afford in 2024.</div></div>

I'm fine with what you're saying regarding taking time with prospects, especially Korchinski. Obviously high ceiling, but lets not rush him like Boqvist. I very much agree with you on that. Vlasic isn't a kid and Phillips while drafted lower is only a few months younger. Rockford will still have Del Mastro and Kaiser as their #1/#2. Then plug one of Roos/potentially Allan or vet.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 27, 2023 at 10:42 p.m.
Thread: How do we feel about this
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NickC1988</b></div><div>Pretty crummy. Seems like every other team is getting a haul and the hawks are getting below market value. McCabe trade was brutal, Kane trade will be underwhelming, I don't know where they go from here.</div></div>

Hawks are gonna get bent in the Kane trade, but that’s a given. To put things in perspective I think if you said you would get a first and a second for Lafferty and McCabe this off-season (retention aside as it hardly matters for us) a lot of people would be pretty happy. I think Toronto definitely got a good deal because they bought in bulk but you have to realize McCabe had a terrible season last year and Lafferty was on waivers shortly before the Nylander trade. Anderson could be a similar story, don’t want to paint him as something he’s not but big opportunity’s for productive AHL’ers at the very least haven’t gone wrong in chicagos rebuild so far (Raddysh)…