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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 11, 2022 at 9:11 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 11, 2022 at 9:11 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 11, 2022 at 9:09 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 8, 2022 at 1:10 a.m.
Thread: Am I the only happy one here
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>blackhawksfan22</b></div><div>Look, I'm optimistic, that's my view here. I admitted we could have gotten more for DeBrincat, but I'm more interested in a top 3 pick personally next year, because look at the teams that were successful this year in the playoffs. Avs: Landeskog (2nd overall, 2011), (McKinnon 1st, 2013), Makar (4th 2017); Lightning: Hedman (2nd overall, 2009), Stamkos (1st, 2008) ; Oilers Nuge (1st 2011), Draistl (3rd, 2014) , McDavid (1st, 2015). You need a couple really high picks if you're going to be successful. That's not a debate. Is DeBrincat the number 1 player on a cup team? No. Maybe an elite top line wing to one, sure, but prioritize center and build out. You need an elite center, which trading DeBrincat might help achieve. Again, if Alex Formenton was added to the trade, is that really going to be the final touch to help us win the cup in 7 years? No. This was the right path. As for Mrazek, give me a 1st rounder for a 2nd instead of some late 2nd round pick in 2024 and a C+ level prospect. Was the pick smart? Maybe maybe not. Pronmann expected the guy to go in the first. This is the right path. If you wish we half assed the rebuild then so be it, this is my take.</div></div>

I understand all of that, but that return for Cat was not just a little light, it was awful. And as someone who has stupidly dedicated way too much time to reading up on and watching tons of these first round prospects, CHI's picks were not very good. Im not even very high on Nazar. Hes fine but there were plenty of better players available.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 8, 2022 at 12:39 a.m.
Thread: Am I the only happy one here
The problem is, full tear downs and tanking more often then not doesn't work. The NHL simply has too much parity, this isn't basketball. Also going to be hard to be the worst team in the league, likely they end up picking in the top 5 next year, which is great, but look at Dach. Look at Strome. It's always a crap shoot and the odds are working against the Hawks.

They are also way more then 2 years away. Think 5 to 6 years away, if most things go right for them (again, slim chance), they can compete for a cup. Prospects are going to take 4 to 5 seasons post draft to show up big in the NHL, if they do. Korchinski is projected as a 2nd line d man; which we have too many prospects as it is. Literally, you trade a elite 24 year old for a shot (no promise) at a 2nd line d-man. That's just embarrassing.

It's okay to embrace the suck, but we need someone at the helm that can navigate it very carefully and Davidson just showed with that Cat trade he can't.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 29, 2022 at 7:52 p.m.
Thread: Scott Powers DeBrincat Ottawa Trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>backpacker10</b></div><div>Sens fan here. I do that deal if there's an extension in place for DeBrincat. Chicago would be getting some very nice prospects. Greig will be a Brad Marchand-lite, JBD is projected to be a top 4 pairing defensive dman, and the 7OA is a bit of a wildcard, but recent drafts show some very talented NHLers who were taken at 7th (Quinn Hughes, Provorov, Scheifele, Nurse as examples). And you get a serviceable NHL goalie for a couple of seasons.

This would reboot the Blackhawks rebuild asap, while giving the Sens their coveted top 6 winger. What are Chicago fans thinking?</div></div>

What everyone else is saying. If the TBL 2nd round pick is put in there, that means the Hawks own 4 of the next 6 TBL first two round draft picks in the next 3 years lol.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 29, 2022 at 2:21 p.m.
Thread: Scott Powers DeBrincat Ottawa Trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>backpacker10</b></div><div>Sens fan here. I do that deal if there's an extension in place for DeBrincat. Chicago would be getting some very nice prospects. Greig will be a Brad Marchand-lite, JBD is projected to be a top 4 pairing defensive dman, and the 7OA is a bit of a wildcard, but recent drafts show some very talented NHLers who were taken at 7th (Quinn Hughes, Provorov, Scheifele, Nurse as examples). And you get a serviceable NHL goalie for a couple of seasons.

This would reboot the Blackhawks rebuild asap, while giving the Sens their coveted top 6 winger. What are Chicago fans thinking?</div></div>

Its always hard to give up a homegrown guy who says hes willing to sit through the rebuild, 40 goal scorer, plays 200 feet, wont back down from a scrap, etc etc. I think the value is fair. But I dont know that I would trade him unless we got an absurd over pay, just as a personal preference. In my mind, chances are none of the guys we get are going to produce the way debrincat is, and if the goal is bedard, we're going to be a bottom 5 team regardless because we wont have fleury back. You also alienate a lot of fans, lose ticket revenue, less jerseys being bought, etc etc. Theres a lot to go into it. TLDR, I think the value is fair, but in trading Debrincat, I would want more than fair