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I urge you to watch AA's goals from last season, I am sure there is a video out there, a lot of his goals were NOT from Cherry Picking. I am just saying, if Pulj is giving Edmonton a problem, who's to guarantee he won't be the same problem here? You know who else was a high-end prospect? Nail Yakupov. I am just saying that if Holland calls us, we should ask high, of course if Yzerman calls Holland asking to get Pulj, then Holland has the upper hand. AA has a future here, once this inept coaching staff is gone, if he STILL doesn't perform, then I will agree with you. But I am just saying, AA can and probably will score 30+ goals in Edmonton (or Colorado lets say) and we should be compensated as such. Are you saying trades are never made on potential?

AA is a 30 goal scorer, he's had a tough year, both on the ice and injury wise. Prior year's have proven he is very dynamic and there's no reason not to believe, given the right situation (like maybe play with McDavid) that he won't be a 30 goal scorer again and again. Puljujarvi or not, I'm getting either a 1st or a high prospect along with him. Who's to say Pulj wouldn't give us the same problems playing here? I'd trade AA straight up and ask for Bouchard, if Holland wanted to deal more, I'd ask for a 3rd and thrown in Svech or Lindstrom. To me Pulj just seems like a problem child. He should be a throw in in any trade package just because of his uncertainty. If Holland wants AA, then I am getting the value in return, because there may be more than one team asking about AA in a couple of weeks, I'm asking high and accepting the highest value....or I am just keeping him and letting him attempt to flourish under a new coaching staff and the possibility of playing with whomever we get at 1,2,3 or 4...if we draft center. I just question whether he'd give us the same problems as he is giving Edmonton. Is it just a money issue or is it the team? Maybe he wants to NOT play on a bottom team, that would eliminate us all together.

I am not sure if there is a 2020 off season rebuild thread out there, but this team needs: Entire new coaching staff. Needs to NOT re-sign any UFA's (Biega maybe as a #7) and then rid themselves of: Ehn, Nielsen, Helm, Filppula and Abby. I see maybe 2 of those names being gone though. Do we have players in GR ready to come in and replace them? I believe so. Rasmussen, Zadina, Veleno, Smith and Svech. Any of which can fill some spots. D is another beast though, we are losing 3 players to UFA, possibly 4 if Biega leaves. Do we have 3-4 players in GR ready to come in? The thread subject Cholowski given another chance, Seider? McIsaac? Are they NHL ready? Should be a very interesting summer. on subject, I really dont think Cholowski "sucks" but from what we all have heard, he has attitude (maturity) problems. Maybe the right coach/D coach could change that. I hope so, I'd hate to try to fill another hole...but then again, Steve did draft a ton of D men last year. I'll give you that. I would love to see what can be done with this team if the players I mentioned above were gone. Along with Howard. We are losing Green, Daley, E and Howard, so I guess that is a start. Either way, our D is going to be much different in 2020-21. I guess we will see what they can do when our D is rebuilt this summer. It is hard to score when you're always getting scored on. I even think (if he isn't traded) AA will turn it back around next season. That would be a huge plus.

put it this way, I cannot wait to see what they do under a new coach. Maybe Steve can woo Jon Cooper here if he is not interested in Gallant or Lavs. If Bylsma takes over, I fear we will have more of the same.

basically Blashill sucks, that is why players underachieve here. Although, I would dangle Cholowski out there to a Western Canada team and see what his trade value may be.

I go with Perfetti then Stutzle in that order. But, we all know how drafts can go. Maybe someone else becomes the best NHL player from that draft. But does Steve gamble on the G or take Drysdale in the top 4?

Here is HockeyProspects.com top 10: ...honestly if we fall to 4th and get Perfetti or gamble on Askarov, so be it. Watching Drysdale for D and also Rossi for another C as well. Obviously we ALL want #1, but I think anyone taken top 4 or 5 is going to help this team tremendously. Besides, we all know Uncle Gary is going to give #1 to Ottawa anyhow, hell they could get #1 and #2!!! Imagine that!!! I ran the tankathon 7 times before Detroit stayed at #1, within those 7 times, LA won it 3 times, Chicago jumped 10 spots and Nashville jumped 12 spots one time each and on my 9th run, Ottawa indeed got #1 and #2 (via SJ.)

so buffalo lost Ullmark to injury, Jimmy Howard going home? please Steve, get this done!

I'm sure Ken Holland would give a 1st to us for his boy Helm.

Actually, instead of one this month, he'll make 5 at the deadline to end the season up! Not sure if they'd give a 1st for a injured player though. How about Daley, AA and Lindstrom to Tampa for the Foote Brothers?

sure wish it would. Trevor Daley and ??? to Vancouver for Jett Woo or to Tampa for Mathieu Joseph or Volkov

Ok, saw this hypothetical trade proposal on Twitter. What would you do? Detroit gets #1 Montreal gets #2 Its no secret Montreal (along with everyone else) REALLY wants Lafreniere, so here it goes: Option 1, just draft him for our team. Option 2, Trade #1 to Montreal for the #2 and Cole Caufield. Draft Byfield and have Caufield on the wing. Maybe you could toss AA in for Suzuki as well. Would you do the trade or just draft Lafreniere? I think I would do the trade. If Detroit wins the #1, whomever gets the #2, would you do the same with their top prospect? If the Montreal case were real, could you imagine the offers we'd get from the #3 team?

Damn, there go the playoffs!

jimmy stinks Hey jimmy, puck is in the air, why are you sitting on the ice?

if we get 3 or 4, take the goalie, screw it. unless Yzerman has a UFA goalie he is going to get. Lets just get the #1 please.

I honestly haven't followed the kids as much as usual this season. Outside of the consensus top 2, I am not sure who is best at 3 or lower. Since Uncle Gary is going to make sure Detroit drops as far as they can, I would not mind taking that Goalie at #4. I just don't know much about the rest of the field. Montreal, Ottawa or Anaheim will get the pick before we do. I just ran the simulator, and we won, but damn if Chicago didn't jump to #2. Seven spots! This needs to be addressed. Lottery flawed. Quick sidenote, on tankathon, I ran the NHL,we won, I ran the NBA, Pistons won, Tigers are 1st OA, Lions 3rd. Could be very interesting for all of our sports teams!

unfortunately it does seem that Cholowski has turned into a turd. Trade him west, get a pick for him. Guess Holland just should've skipped out on Nielsen, ate Datsyuk's contract hit and drafted Chychrun...but we are talking about Holland.

ugh

I was really half kidding when I said 8-1....

bring in Datsyuk for a year, offer him $7M, give him the C, teach these kids how to play. bring in Larionov to coach PLEASE!!!

might have been off on the 8-1 prediction. these coach has to go. also waive half the team.

last game as a Red Wing: Green Howard Entire coaching staff. please let it be!

if Howard stayed in, no doubt my prediction of 5 in the 1st was happening.

I always try, but even though I know it's a rebuild, I cannot stand to see certain players in this jersey anymore.

8-1 Isles. 5 in the first. (10 minutes)