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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 2, 2023 at 4:06 p.m.
Thread: just wondering what Some of these players would go for if dealt
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wingsfannn</b></div><div>just curious what happened to him cause I remember him being pretty good in the juniors. Oh well</div></div>

A combination of things. As a player he's never taken that next step that you want to see, but it hasn't been all on him either. The Gulls have been a train wreck for three years running now with super poor coaching and a lack of development across the board. It didn't help that Anaheim was so bad that they pulled all the best talent like McTavish straight into the NHL making the talent level in San Diego lower than it should be. Throw in the chaos of the pandemic for a few of Tracey's key development years and here we are.

He might be one of those guys that plugs away in the minors and finally puts it together at age 25 or 26, but that's fighting the odds for sure. For his sake I hope so as I have always wanted him and Perreault to succeed. They were Bob Murray picks though so I don't think Verbeek has any attachment to either one. When their contracts expire I expect GMPV to cut bait so he can use those contract slots on "his guys". The only thing that might change that is if one has a great season. Perreault is doing OK so far. Tracey isn't (IMO).
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 1, 2023 at 11:32 p.m.
Thread: just wondering what Some of these players would go for if dealt
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wingsfannn</b></div><div>Thanks for the reply .mYa I just remember Rees being real good at the world juniors thought for sure he’d make at least the bottom 6. Maybe he’ll get a look elsewhere . As for gunler I remember hearing he took nights off which might explain why he’ll be turning 23 into next season and nowhere in sight and back in Europe. Sadly despite his talent I think he’ll end up staying in Europe at this point</div></div>

It also doesn’t help that the Chicago Wolves decided to screw the Canes by attempting to go independent. It has definitely stunted several of the Canes prospects growth. In particular, Drury, Kochetkov, and a few others. Rees and Gunler would be included on that list as well.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 1, 2023 at 6:44 p.m.
Thread: just wondering what Some of these players would go for if dealt
Rees is a good C, hardworking and physical. The problem he has in the Canes system is that he doesn’t have a clear pathway to the NHL, at least with Carolina. I mean, for this season, it was a dogfight between Drury, Suzuki, and Ponomarev for the 4C slot, and Drury won it mostly due to Suzuki and Ponomarev getting injured during the preseason, but also due to him already having NHL experience. Rees also would have to deal with the added competition with Pashin and Robidas playing pretty well, and that isn’t counting all the wing prospects he might have to beat out for playing time on the wing. It would be a shame to see him go, but he could probably be had for a 2nd or 3rd. Value is kind of hard to gauge with Rees.

As for Gunler, he seems like he might be a late bloomer, but it seems as time continues on, he becomes more of a boom or bust prospect. Value is hard to gauge with him as well, with a 2nd or 3rd probably being enough, but he should at least be a good bottom 6 option, maybe someone like Noesen is who he develops into. Gunler also has some stiff competition on the wings he would have to beat out for NHL playing time, and with guys like FUS, Blake, Emerson, Lucius, Mukhanov, Nadeau, Perron, Trikozov, and Perevalov all being younger and developing really well so far, he has a tough route to the NHL.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 6, 2023 at 4:05 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 1, 2023 at 6:34 p.m.
Thread: Steve Yzerman has completely lost his mind
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wingsfannn</b></div><div>How is this building a great team though? Were nowhere near a playoff spot we’re handcuff to copp compher when the likes of Danielson kasper mazur soderblom aren’t far off

We’d been better off giving more $ and signing duchene and klingberg for a season and giving them tons of ice time to boost trade value for the deadline. Right now our bait is perron Sprong kubalik . We’ll be lucky to fetch a 2nd

Ya nevermind winning a cup were no where near a playoff spot and I predict copp will be bought our before his contract ends OR he’ll be a 5.6 4th line player</div></div>

Man i was agreeing with you. I was saying this signings are the kind of thing that makes the team good not great. I don't think Copp Compher and Kasper second line wins you a stanley cup especially when larkin is a mid level first line center and Raymond is still unproven whether he's an elite player or just a good player.

I think they have lot's of good prospects and a good backend. But they have no high end lethal scoring threats. No matter who they go up against in their division the opposition will have a better high end scorer than Detroit.