MasterPavel

He forgot to include the Sammy for Malkin straight up lol

HGH with a side of Test... in all seriousness what a great start, but I can never root for the sharks #stillbitter

Wrong on both assumptions. Last year's ufa was weak. Smith, Franzen, Flip, Nyquist, Tatar, and the list goes on. They all would yield a good return but Holland isn't a huge fan of trading unless a glaring need or a slam dunk. There are winners and losers in almost every trade like the Q trade lol.

He plays hard all the time I gotta give him that

Rather be lucky than good!

There is your sniper Axe

I agree Z. Seth Jones is a talent and seems like he is a great person but if you're unlucky enough to end up in the top 5 there is high end forward talent to take this draft.

He hasn't served his time in purgatory yet. Brunner was the exception.

Kip- never would I insult anyone's intelligence without truly knowing the person. If you read what I wrote it states that his "comment" is stupid.

Cola will be hurt of course...

This is absolutely possible Dabura, but my guess would be we miss the playoffs due mainly to injuries and get the 12th pick and take Nuchishken or whatever his name is.

You have been better lately but this comment is just plain stupid.

First line is too small, and unless chronically injured Sammy will still be here... Cola won't be here either.

I would take Valeri before Drouin or Barkov. He won't fall in the 20-40 range as you have said but 10-15 is where he will be selected.

We have enough playmaking pass first guys. Need a scorer which Mac is. I would even take Barkov for his aggressiveness attacking the net before Drouin. However these are pipe dreams since we will be picking in the 8-15 range.

Or MacKinnon ...

Hmm you're right. Since goose didn't score a hat trick in his first nhl game this year he shouldn't ever be in Detroit... smh

Of those four you mentioned only Howard would be a remote possibility. That is just not how this organization runs things...

I get what you are saying axe, but when they do move up a notch you can't afford to pay them due to your top 6 locked into long term, high dollar contracts.

I was giving and example to the poster who stated a cup contending team will not trade a top pairing dman for a goal scorer

That's a little high of a price but EJ is a name I have forgotten about. For that kind of price tag I want a Letang type.

Jack Johnson from LA

At least Emmerton plays hard and has speed. If Tootoo could teach him how to forecheck he could be a "poor mans" Helm.

The most likely scenario would be a Franzen for pick/dman at the deadline to a cup contending team that needs a complimentary scorer.

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="GMRwings1983" data-cid="2345415" data-time="1358959562"><p> Who are these kids?<br /> <br /> Our farm system isn't as good as people here make it out to be. </p></blockquote> And you know this how? We have prospects all of the world having great success in tournaments and their respective leagues. Tatar, Sheahan, and Anderson all appear ready. But no it is way to early to scrap the season however if things continue the way they are then the OP may get his wish. That will by no means make anything better this season.