This team probably shows a little more compete in 2024 than 2025 and still secures one last high lottery pick before a bunch of the kids transition into NHL time. I think it will be a quiet offseason on both the UFA and trade front. Likely one last transitionary year before taking a bigger step forward
Forwards:
Moore back to college, Nazar signs and goes to Rockford, Lardis back to the OHL, Ludwinski and Dach AHL. Guttman looks ready for an NHL spot but i'm not sure it's at center. Probably rotates around that bottom 6 till he finds his groove. Slaggart might bounce around a bit but he's older and looks like an NHL bottom 6 guy to me. Unless we get Celebrini no 2024 draft pick will be here. Sign a Middle C center to fill the hole for a year while you evaluate whether Nazar, Moore, and 2024 drat pick will be ready to take an NHL forward spot or two in 2025.
Defense:
Hawks have 4 young lefties that deserve NHL icetime. I think you take the early part of the year to see if any can play their off hand, and if not you trade the odd man out. Overpay a little for a vet Rd who's not a liability like Megna and Tinordi are and is okay being in the press box a bit collecting a check while we evaluate the young guys
Goalies:
Should be the same as it was this year. You could make the argument for signing a better backup that gives you a better chance to win every night than soderblom, but I think they ride it out with him on the last year of his deal. He's been better down the stretch and probably would be even better without Megna and Tinordi turning the puck over right in front of him 10 times a game
Late first for very early 2nd swap - similar to Mrazek. Sens probably only move back something like 6-8 slots here. You can just keep forsberg in the press box every night if Soderblom plays at an NHL level
lol. Well, I saw this player in the 6 games he played last year. I was making a prediction that he would become this, after a full season under his belt. It wasn't that crazy of a prediction, if you actually watched him play. He came right out of the gate, last year and the year before, doing things defensively that you just don't see many, if any, other players doing in the NHL.
Fingers crossed the same translates with EDM. I've been high on him for years and he looked the part last night
Same here. He looks great and he comes with already built in offense that he doesn't get enough credit for.
I hope Korchinski works out but this is why I never loved that pick. At the time of making it we already had a decent idea that EDM, Kaiser, and Vlasic were all going to be pretty good. Of course nothing is guaranteed, but turns out all 3 are exceeding expectations too.
I hope Korchinski works out but this is why I never loved that pick. At the time of making it we already had a decent idea that EDM, Kaiser, and Vlasic were all going to be pretty good. Of course nothing is guaranteed, but turns out all 3 are exceeding expectations too.
Yeah. I thought it was a weird one at the time, too. He wasn't even on my radar, to be honest. He has a lot of potential, though. So, we'll see what happens.
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