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I'm getting impatient waiting for league parity to make Chicago garbage again.

He spits hot fire

Five greatest center prospects ever; dylark, dylark, dylark, and dylark."That's four." And dylark.

Obviously the good thing is all the Babcock sucks people will get their wish :-) Yes, changes are needed but getting rid of the best coach in all of hockey - who has coached a very average team into the playoffs for 3 seasons in a row - is the wrong thing to do..roster, GM changes would have been needed. But hey, a few patchworks here and there and an inexperienced coach in his first NHL year will make this team a contender so what do I know. In all seriousness I hope Babs can win a cup wherever he is going next sadly he didn't get the horses for another cup here.

This is a draft where I'd trade down. There are a lot of good players ranked higher than 30th this year and by moving down we can likely get 2 in that group plus recover the 3rd round pick we traded away. I have a feeling some of our prospect depth is going to be depleted this year either by promotion or via trade so we'll need to restock that cupboard sooner rather than later.

Yes those trades happened BEFORE each of those teams won the SC. Its called building a team. Something we haven't been doing. We have been static for years now. The UFA market is dead, which means we have to trade and draft. Just drafting isn't enough. Many of those guys were also key players on their teams to win. Carter for example is LAK best and most consistant offensive threat. Chara, Boychek, and seidenberg are/were bostons top 3 Dmen. Sharp, Hossa, and Versteeg were dominate players for the Blackhawks. The Pens were the only team with limited outside players on their team. Of course we haven't talked about the Rangers yet. But they haven't won a cup yet either.....

Count me in on the Meloche band wagon. I've heard very little about draft prospects but he sounds like he has potential to be a solid defenseman.. unless someone better happens to drop to us. But really, seeing that it's a deep draft class, I fully expect Holland to trade down.. so hopefully Meloche drops a little too..?

Great article on possible destinations http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2015/05/mike_babcock_links_possible_de.html

They didn't even do the flying v.Bastards forgot where they came from.

Only thing I disagree with...He was a lot more instrumental in the first cup win then even his stat line shows.

The ones that prove Kronwall is at best a 3rd pairing defender.Duh.

lol that's your argument? Pitt - drafted all their stars Bos - drafted all their stars besides Chara, who really isn't a star anymore, and btw missed the playoffs unlike us Lak - missed the playoffs unlike us Chi - drafted all their stars EDIT: The funniest part of this is the powerhouse and cup favorite, the rangers, you didn't even mention. They traded for for like everyone on their team I guess the ole LA, BOS, CHI, PIT party never gets old, despite the fact that only 1 of those teams is good this year lmao

He would be the D I would take. While we have lots of D prospects, only 3 are RHed and one of those Marchenko should be in Detroit next season. As Zidlicky reminded everyone, having RHed Dmen on the point does matter.

I'll start voting again!

So much parity now in the playoffs, that being up 3-0 or 3-1 in a series doesn't mean anything anymore.

A poll on this forum, maybe. How about a poll of forums around the league? That would be more unbiased.

Werenski would be awesome but I don't see him dropping that much. Either way, we need to take a defenseman in the first round, if possible.

I want werenski to drop to us

You think that our actual roster can do better without Babs?!?! I agree that we need changes... but ROSTER changes.

I think the bottom 6 should be the last of our worries. And further more I think forwards should be the last of our worries. We have a number of top 6 forwards and bottom 6 forwards entering the league the next few years. DEFENSE is still the glaring issue with this team.

Like what topic on this board hasn't been beaten to death ad nauseum? A topic that only comes up once a year? That's almost an original subject matter.

I don't expect any additions aside from a defenseman. Franson, Green or nobody.

Pretty much everyone on LGW was zeroed in on Mantha during that draft. When we actually landed him, half this board looked like geniuses, especially after we traded down. A lot of the same with Larkin. A lot of people around here wanted (and got) the Michigan boy. Your selections are hardly unique