I just read that Shattenkirk is also available. He's without a doubt a top level d-man and Holland should try to trade anyone besides Mrazek or Larkin for him. I watched him closely in the Chicago series and the dude can play.
Trouba is on the market (still far apart in contract talks) and Holland has the cap space plus players to get him. Offer the Jets someone like Mantha and Nyquist and see what happens.
I get what you're saying, but college football is different because you get nothing for losing. In the pros, you actually get rewarded for sucking. Of course... you have to make the right picks or you risk becoming the Edmonton Oilers.
Ilitch has won four Cups as an owner. Holland was recently ranked as the #2 GM in the league by TSN. But I guess twitter hacks like Moss (how's the Upton signing going? lol) and Hockytown Joe know better than the experts.
Chychrun is not that great (four d-man were drafted before him and this was a lean year for d-man in the draft). He would've also needed time to develop since he was injured last season and his ceiling is a #4 d-man. Most of the TSN experts stated that he could have a long NHL career, but probably won't be much more than a middling d-man. We already have plenty of those type of guys in the system. Holland went with a boom or bust type players in Cholowski and Hronek. We'll just have to see what happens, but I really like how they loaded up on d-men in the draft.
Other than acquiring a top level d-man, Holland should just commit to the youth movement. There isn’t really anyone on the forward market (maybe Okposo or Lucic for the right price) who will make a big difference.
No way. PK is younger and a better overall player. Weber has lost a step, he's not the same player he used to be. He took so many dumb penalties in the playoffs against the Sharks (could not keep up with guys like Pavelski and Hertl), it really cost Nashville the series.
Suter and Parise haven't won much in Minnesota. Suter would have been a nice replacement for Lidstrom, but I doubt he would have helped us win the Cup. The real Cup winning teams have a core like Kane/Toews, Crosby/Malkin and Wings had that when Pavel and Z were in their prime. After 2009, the Wings core kept getting older and guys like Tatar and Nyquist were basically complementary pieces and not players that can carry a team.
During the glory years(90s and 2000s), the Wings mostly won with their own players. Hull and Robatille were past their prime when they signed. Sure they helped the team win in 2002, but that was mostly the core they had (Yzerman, Lidstrom, Fedorov) plus Hasek(who they got by trading Kozlov). Also, when they started signing big names like Cujo and Hatcher, it didn't exactly work out.
Yzerman has built a nice team, but it's easier to build a team when you bottom out (missed the playoffs his first two seasons and got swept in the 1st round in the the 3rd) and have Stamkos and Hedman as building blocks. The Wings are overdue for some lean years. When you make the playoffs for 25 straight years and never have a top 10 pick, eventually you will run out of luck with the Datsyuk/Zetterberg picks in the late rounds. It's really a miracle they never had to rebuild after the Yzerman/Lidstrom era. Personally, I wouldn't mind if the team tanked next season and we started a true youth movement at the new arena.
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He must be very athletic to have offers from teams like Auburn and Oregon.
I just read that Shattenkirk is also available. He's without a doubt a top level d-man and Holland should try to trade anyone besides Mrazek or Larkin for him. I watched him closely in the Chicago series and the dude can play.
Trouba is on the market (still far apart in contract talks) and Holland has the cap space plus players to get him. Offer the Jets someone like Mantha and Nyquist and see what happens.
According to Ken Campbell, the deal has a full no-movement clause. It’s official, he’s staying in Tampa, no sign and trade.
I get what you're saying, but college football is different because you get nothing for losing. In the pros, you actually get rewarded for sucking. Of course... you have to make the right picks or you risk becoming the Edmonton Oilers.
Ilitch has won four Cups as an owner. Holland was recently ranked as the #2 GM in the league by TSN. But I guess twitter hacks like Moss (how's the Upton signing going? lol) and Hockytown Joe know better than the experts.
Chychrun is not that great (four d-man were drafted before him and this was a lean year for d-man in the draft). He would've also needed time to develop since he was injured last season and his ceiling is a #4 d-man. Most of the TSN experts stated that he could have a long NHL career, but probably won't be much more than a middling d-man. We already have plenty of those type of guys in the system. Holland went with a boom or bust type players in Cholowski and Hronek. We'll just have to see what happens, but I really like how they loaded up on d-men in the draft.
Other than acquiring a top level d-man, Holland should just commit to the youth movement. There isn’t really anyone on the forward market (maybe Okposo or Lucic for the right price) who will make a big difference.
No way. PK is younger and a better overall player. Weber has lost a step, he's not the same player he used to be. He took so many dumb penalties in the playoffs against the Sharks (could not keep up with guys like Pavelski and Hertl), it really cost Nashville the series.
Hell NO! Rangers should have never traded for him or Yandle (lost a big time prospect in Duclair to get him).
Suter and Parise haven't won much in Minnesota. Suter would have been a nice replacement for Lidstrom, but I doubt he would have helped us win the Cup. The real Cup winning teams have a core like Kane/Toews, Crosby/Malkin and Wings had that when Pavel and Z were in their prime. After 2009, the Wings core kept getting older and guys like Tatar and Nyquist were basically complementary pieces and not players that can carry a team.
During the glory years(90s and 2000s), the Wings mostly won with their own players. Hull and Robatille were past their prime when they signed. Sure they helped the team win in 2002, but that was mostly the core they had (Yzerman, Lidstrom, Fedorov) plus Hasek(who they got by trading Kozlov). Also, when they started signing big names like Cujo and Hatcher, it didn't exactly work out.
Yzerman has built a nice team, but it's easier to build a team when you bottom out (missed the playoffs his first two seasons and got swept in the 1st round in the the 3rd) and have Stamkos and Hedman as building blocks. The Wings are overdue for some lean years. When you make the playoffs for 25 straight years and never have a top 10 pick, eventually you will run out of luck with the Datsyuk/Zetterberg picks in the late rounds. It's really a miracle they never had to rebuild after the Yzerman/Lidstrom era. Personally, I wouldn't mind if the team tanked next season and we started a true youth movement at the new arena.