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yah, Larkin is good. We need one more center worth his salt. Hope youre right about Eddog.

Owen Power should play for the Rangers so he could be a Power Ranger. Dad joke.

Yes

Did Yzerman take the wrong goalie?

All hail Savoie

It's not hard to see the pieces are in place. Which is why I don't want to blow a good thing up by trading Bertuzzi and possibly others. Seider - 1RD (superstar potential) Edvinsson - 1LD (superstar potential) Raymond - 1RW (superstar potential) Cossa - 1G - (superstar potential) Seider's pretty much a lock to be a superstar. Edvinsson and Raymond are very close to being locks. Cossa is farther out, but the potential exists. Larkin - 1/2C Bertuzzi - 1/2LW Vrana - 1/2LW Hronek - 2RD Nedeljkovic - 1/2G They're not ever going to be cornerstone superstars, but these are high-end core players Soderblom - LW (wildcard) Johansson - LD (wildcard) Wallinder - LD (wildcard) The wildcards. Each one has high end potential. Could develop into elite players for us, but will likely at least be supporting characters if they don't. Rasmussen C/W Veleno - C Berggren - RW Hanas - LW/RW Buium - LD Mazur - LW/RW Zadina - RW The rest. Lacking superstar talent, but will likely play in support roles. Bertuzzi - ___ - Raymond Vrana - Larkin - Soderblom Hanas - Veleno - Berggren Mazur - Rasmussen - Zadina Edvinsson - Seider Johansson - Hronek Wallinder - Buium Cossa Ned We literally just need a superstar 1C. If we get one this year...

I'm taking Friedman with a grain of salt here. Everybody was saying the same exact stuff about New York a couple of years ago, then they traded for Trouba, signed Panarin, and got a little draft luck and now their rebuild is over before it started. Detroit already got the draft luck. In three years we got two top defensemen, a budding elite offensive winger, and a future starting goalie to go with a higher end "core" of guys like Larkin, Vrana, and Bert. We land one top free agent, make one impact trade, and nobody will be taking about a rebuild anymore.

Craig Button's Top NHL Affiliated Prospects List: Edvinsson #3 Cossa #13 FWIW Button had Seider at #1 and Raymond at #3 a year ago, so anecdotally it seems like he knows what he's talking about. There also seems to be some sort of age cutoff here, as guys like Berggren and Sodorblom didn't make the list despite playing very well in professional leagues this season.

Lambert it is then

I don't care much for Suter. He's like a younger version of Nielsen/Filppula. In all fairness, I'd be willing to wait to trade Zadina if a new coach is coming on. Give Z one last shot under a new coach. But I would need to see fast and substantial improvement under a new coach. If there's only marginal gains I'll still be in the trade him camp.