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https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/iginla-st-pierre-holland-headline-2020-hockey-hall-fame-class/sn-amp/ Thoughts?

You probably shouldn't LGW posters are becoming an endangered species.

No surprise here

Well deserved! One of the greats.

I also look at the ease of filling a hole. When it comes to top 4 left side D, yes that is a need. But I look at the prospects we have in the pipeline, and I think we have a much better chance of finding that future LH top 4 D there then we do a future 1C/2C. It's also easier to acquire a solid LH top 4 dman in free agency and via trade, then it is a solid 1C/2C forward. There are 2 really good C prospects at the top of the draft (3 if you can't Stutzle as a C). For that reason, I would rather go with one of those this draft instead of another RH defenseman. We'll probably be picking near the top of the draft next year. I would look at D then. And fmichael........please don't make any hole filling jokes.

I can't name more than a dozen people who post comments here with regularity. Considering how many thousands of people have joined the site over the years, I would consider that a dying breed. I don't wanna be another Nashville. All D, no scorers and no cup. I would rather go F this year and solidify the top 6.

For sure. If Drysdale is the best player available, wherever we end up, you take him. For me though, I'd only consider him at four. I'm still hoping for a top three pick, and if we end up on that side of the coin, it's Lafreniere, Byfield, Stutzle for me.

Trade Hronek?! Hell naw, mate. Gimme depth on the back end. If Hronek is pushed down to the 3 spot by Seider and Drysdale, that's nothing but a good thing for the team. (We needed all three of Lidstrom, Rafalski, Kronwall in '08.) If the concern is handedness, I think both Hronek and Seider are going to be capable of playing the left side full-time. As for Drysdale specifically? Well, y'all know where I stand on him. His offense makes him a top-8 pick. His offense + defense puts him in the top-3 conversation.

No we aren't

Sounds like a conversation for Discord.....

What if he gets hammered the night before the draft and commits a few indecent acts?

What happened last night?!?! I'd be okay with Drysdale, because he seems like he could legitimately be a Makar / Hughes level defenseman as early as 2021. And I'm always of the mindset that you take BPA, regardless of position, organizational strengths / weaknesses, but RHD is literally the only position I feel somewhat comfortable in saying, we're set for the next 10+ years... But then think about how highly coveted top tier right-handed defensemen are, and we could then trade Hronek in a couple years time for a pretty significant return... I want Lafreniere above anyone else (obviously), but I think I'm going to be okay with whoever Yzerman picks... Trust the Yzerplan...

I've been saying top 3 or deathhhhhhhh!!!!!! for a while now but just last night I realized I'd be OK with Drysdale. I think this team needs an really great home-cooked offensive D man just as bad as they need anyone else not named Lafreniere.

I hear ya, and I'm right there with ya. Just saying that "most likely" is inaccurate. Like I said in a previous post, f*** odds and math, we're due for a bit of luck in this draft. May the hockey gods be on our side...