Jonas Mahonas

Letang hasn't won yet. Oops. You are right.

We could really use Hughes tho

I'm over the winter classic.

Sorry, but if you look at all the cup winners since 2007, they all have a Norris trophy winner on em except last season. And I wouldn't be surprised if Jon Carlson wins the Norris this year and makes it a 12 year streak. We need a 1A bad and blew it by not tanking for Dahlin last season. That stupidness could haunt us for 20 more seasons.

The only point I'm trying to make is that I don't think any of our current d prospects show Lidstrom type prowess. Meaning - anybody that plays with him looks great. Hronek strikes me as the type of defenseman that could be stellar if he was paired with an elite 1A guy. But getting that 1A on the team is the real challenge. Holland completely blew it by not tanking hard in 2018 and landing Dahlin.

Agreed. But I think Hronek will be 1B in a few years. Rafalski type.

What's weird is that I don't really get that excited watching Hughes deke team Afghanistan defenders in all his games. I'd like to see him up against some of the OHL 17 and 18 year olds in the smaller rink.

Ain't gonna happen. Who can we draft in 2020?

Cozens looks like he could become a great player. I would be ok snagging him.

The real problem is that we missed our on sure fire #1 defensemen recently. Buffalo has tanked well and will be in the driver's seat for the next 10 years as Pitts, Wash, and Tampa slow down. The Wings need a #1 s*** down D in 2020 and 2021 drafts.

Better skater than Hughes?

I disagree with you here. Cholowski-Hronek Sulak-Lindstrom McIsaac- All 5 of these guys play with their heads up and can skate. They lack size and experience, but they all have the skill fundamentals. Our defense right now is suffering from a lack of skill and speed. Green and Jensen can move the puck, and that's why they are seeing the big minutes. I agree with your assessment of none of these guys projecting out to 1A/1B though. So we will need to acquire those 2 spots in the next 2-3 UFA/Draft periods.

It's not your fault, kickazz.

Love Stone. Not Karlsson anymore. But we make the playoffs with that line up.

Bert-Larkin-Hughes Athanasiou-Veleno-Mantha Svechnikov-Nielssen-Rasmussen Glendening-Helm-Abdelkader Ehn/De La Rose Choloski-Hronek DeKeyser-Lindstrom Sulak-MacIsaac Saarijarvi

Gotta trade Howard and go full tank with Bernier.

48 in 51. Good year for my boy.

Shepard

Abdelkader put out there to get off the schneid. Stays on the schneid.

Poor Nurse

1 more AA point please

Ericssuck with the poke and hope

These Oilers announcers are losing it!

Except Toews