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Yeah I am still pretty sour about it. There's no way a bubble team should be picking top 3. It's even more annoying seeing teams with supposedly less than 2-3% get a top 3 pick in the last 3 drafts and this sh!t happens! I'm gonna be stewing on this for years, lol.

Agreed on all counts. I think I'd be ok with Askarov at 4. BPA-wise, you can make a case for him being the BPA at 4. Need-wise, well, we all know how badly we need a goalie. I doubt it happens, but who knows. Ultimately, it's all going to come down to what Yzerman thinks. He was all-in on Seider and we didn't learn that until after he'd made the pick. Could be that he's all-in on Askarov and we won't hear a thing about it until after the pick is made and Yzerman says, "He was always our guy. I can't believe you people thought we were going to take Raymond. lmao! Have you seen our goalie depth chart?!" I do hope we land a good UFA goalie at a good price. Lehner or Markstrom would be nice. But I don't know why any self-respecting goalie would want to play for this team. It'd probably have to be a massive overpay. Worth it? Maybe, maybe not.

I wouldn't complain about Askarov at 4th overall if they pulled the trigger. Don't see them doing it, but sometimes ya just gotta take a chance. I'd say def skip him if they had G prospects that were close to ready, but none of them are. Good article i came across..they have Holtby in the mix along with Lehner. I'd prefer Lehner. Holtby was always overrated to me and he's gonna want big money and term. https://lastwordonhockey.com/2020/07/11/detroit-red-wings-goaltending-future/

Yeah, I thought about that after i posted. The draft lottery format was very favorable to them during their rebuild in the early 2000's. Orpik 18th overall in 2000, Whitney 5th in 2002 (traded at the 2009 deadline for Kunitz and Tangradi), Fleury 1st in 2003, Malkin 2nd in 2004, Crosby 1st in 2005, J. Staal 2nd in 2006. Signed Gonchar as a UFA in 2005. They were set. Since Montreal drafted Price, they've picked no higher than 3rd (twice). The rest they were lower in the order or traded away their first for something or other. Lots of stupid moves by that franchise.

After watching a few games of his I'd describe his skating as clunky, It's not even the speed I don't like but the stride and overall mechanics. Can it be remedied over time? Maybe, I'm just not sure how likely that is as I'm not good at projecting what these young guys will look like in 5 years, I simply don't have the experience. So I take it at face value. Other than that I'd say he plays a smart, methodical game. But my worry is how he translates that to the NHL pace. Like you said he can slow the game down, it seems to be the primary way he plays, but I'm just not confident he'll be able to do it in the bigs. So if I'm going to take a small center I'd much rather have Rossi, who I think varies the pace of his game much better while also being considerably stronger on his feet despite being smaller. What I do love about Perfetti is his wristshot, his release is niiiiiiiice. Much prefer it over any of the others outside of Holtz. But still, just too many "ifs" for me for 4th overall. I could be wrong of course, lots of people who know way more than me seem to really like him. But outside of his production and shot I don't see a lot to be excited about.

Ya its still early for larsson and petruzzelli among a few other goalies we have but im hopeful one works out , as for ufa goalie not too many options id be ok with a greiss to share duties with bernier for now and as for the draft it wouldnt shock me at all if we end up trading back and taking askarov

I would say the difference between Price and Fleury is that Fleury was fortunate enough to play behind Cup-worthy teams (led by Sidney Crosby). The Habs have lacked elite talent for pretty much all of Price's NHL career thus far. It's mind-boggling. I'm pretty sure they tried my grandmother as their 1C at one point.

Sure man. No other Red Wing has ever used coke. Definitely. Good on ya, but your family man bubble is far from the same world these rich young athletes are treading in. Don't you live in an ideal world lol Pro Tip: If you ever wanna see the degeneracy these players get into, go hang out at The Woods Lounge in GR on a weekend. You'll get to meet some fine young 19/20 year old Griffins, with fake IDs, geeked up on drugs, getting falling down drunk. It's a good time.

"Future Red Wing captain Dylan Larkin slams his stick like a child again"