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Forum: Armchair-GM28 juin 2023 à 16 h 46
Forum: Armchair-GM3 avr. 2023 à 16 h 33
Forum: Armchair-GM27 juill. 2021 à 15 h 20
Thought I would come back to the thread, I forgot about it but was trying to figure out what the Hawks are going to do with Strome and it popped in my head.....I just read an article that states Lundell may have had one of the best seasons of anyone not in the NHL. The Hawks never bought out Smith (as I rightly predicted).
As for Strome, there isn't a team in the league that would trade a 1st for him now....and I don't think any team would trade a 2nd for him unless the Hawks retain salary. That trade with Winnipeg would have at least resulted in a great future in goal for the Hawks, I'm not sold on Lankinen and clearly, neither are the Hawks with today's events...
Reading through this thread, I may have gone a bit too far....sorry for any name calling, ChiHawk.


<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>Seriously, stop the name calling. There are rules on the forums here and heavily enforced to keep this for adults to have healthy discussions and healthy debates which doesn't involve name calling. You may not agree with me and clearly i don't with your viewpoint, but in life in general when you resort to name calling it shows 1) immaturity and 2) weakness in your position; this is debate 101 stuff.

Ask all the Hawks fans on here, and there are 3 of us who are known to be the most knowledgeable about this team, that is what I said not the entire AGM forum so take it down a notch please.

Strome played 78 games last season at the age of 21. He missed 4 games when he was with AZ last season but played 100% of the games when he was a Blackhawk. Prior to last season, Arizona didn't play him a lot and mismanaged his development (AZ is known to do that) as evident of the success he's had since getting traded. The first injury he faced was this season and it was a week and a 1/2. Later he missed another week due to the flu. Strome does not have a injury history and one minor isolated incident does not take away from his value. Google is your friend.

In the last 2 seasons at the age of 21 and 22, he's put up .70ppg...that's pretty damn good and certainly worth a 1st round pick for a 2C, RFA who recently turned 23. A good comparison, for two similar centers potentially on the market is Cerelli and Domi. In the last two seasons...Cirelli = .55ppg (same age), Domi = .75ppg (age 25)

Your knocks against Strome starting in the offensive zone is a weak debate. Some of the greatest players in the league, make most of their starts in the offensive zone. Kane, Matthews, Marner, Laine, McDavid, etc. What's your point? The guy is a offensive player just like many big time guys who put up a ton of points. It's not a secret Strome is not very good defensively, it's like you pretend you just found the secret to how the earth was made. Good Lord guy

As for Lundell, The Athletic featured an article this morning on the most polarizing draft picks in the 1st round and featured ONLY 2 scout comments for each player; 1 scout high on the player and 1 scout low on the player. You should spend the $12 a year for some good insights into hockey and especially what the 2 most respected Hawks analysts have to say about the Hawks fans, buyouts and value of trades. Lundell has a 2C ceiling and a 3C floor, in other words low risk gamble despite what the scout in The Athletic said. Lundell is a defensive first player and doesn't have a lot of offense to his game despite a great wrister. He's not a very fast skater either. Those are the knocks against Lundell which is why he easily can be a 3C. If he can improve his speed and put together more offense then he'll be a 2C. It's a gamble either way you look at Lundell if what you absolutely need is a 2C. Why do you think so many Jets fans on here are trying to acquire Strome or Cerelli when it's pretty obvious lundell will be available at the #10 spot? Maybe because they realize, despite being the most NHL ready player in the top 12 of the draft, he has quite a bit of work if he's going to be a 3C.

You're the only person, professional analysts included, I've heard say the Hawks won't buy out Smith and move big assets to trade him. Maybe you're right or maybe you're an audience of one arguing something you're completely wrong on; time will tell. Bottom line, the Hawks are cornered on the cap nearly as much as you are trying to make it sound.

We'll gladly keep Strome, not trade him to move up 7 spots in the draft, and throw a 1 year qualifying offer at him or a 2 year $3.5M deal. If a team offer sheets him, Hawks match up to $4.3M at which point the Hawks gladly take a first and 3rd and move on.

Have a nice day.</div></div>