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Forum: Anaheim Ducks4 août 2021 à 3 h 25
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Swedenheim</b></div><div>to be fair I feel like the Ducks second tier gets slept on hard, Thrun and Lacombe are both quality players along with Pastujov and Groulx</div></div>

That might be true. All of those guys are solid prospects, but they're not in the same class as Kaliyev, Kupari, ****emo, Madden, or Thomas. I'd put them on par with someone like Martin Chromiak, which isn't a knock. The kid just put up seven(!) points in a single game in his U20 tournament this week.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An unreal performance by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoKingsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#GoKingsGo</a> prospect 🇸🇰 Martin Chromiak, who scored SEVEN points tonight. Chromiak had four goals and three assists in Team Slovakia U20’s 8-1 win over Team Denmark U20. All points are in the video.🎥: aisw <a href="https://t.co/wwWo46Y4Yz" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/wwWo46Y4Yz</a></p>— Matej Deraj (@MatoDeraj) <a href="https://twitter.com/MatoDeraj/status/1421142233126952962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">July 30, 2021</a></blockquote>



The Kings have several other prospects in that same tier, including guys like Jaret Anderson-Dolan and Aidan Dudas. I didn't even include Lias Andersson, who is having quite the resurgence, scoring at a PPG pace in the AHL last season.
Forum: Anaheim Ducks4 août 2021 à 0 h 12
Forum: Armchair-GM4 juin 2021 à 2 h 12
Forum: Armchair-GM3 juin 2021 à 23 h 46
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Swedenheim</b></div><div>Thank you for the insight and perspective, although I think I’d like challenge you on your position that they are 3-4 years from contention, I follow the Canucks somewhat closely as they are one of my favorite teams and I honestly think that with some smart decisions they could be only 1-2 years away from being a threat. They have plenty of forwards that in 2 years will be effective top 6 players. Petterson Miller Hoglander Podkolzin Boeser Horvat. And A number of D that can be effective in 2 years. Hughes Rathbone Schmidt and if Hamonic and Myers can play like top 4 Dmen just don’t always do. They also have a solid goalie in Demko. I think a presence like Lindholm would catapult them to a somewhat guaranteed playoff position next year given the division. Basically to surmise the Canucks are lucky in the fact that their issues have really nothing to do with their young core. It’s just getting a bit of luck and fixing up their bottom 6 and improving their D a bit that needs to be worked out. I think this would cover the latter. And worst case scenario you could have a left side on defense that guarantees a solid Dman is on the ice at any given moment similar to Tampa’s model.</div></div>

It's definitely a possibility and I sure hope you are correct! I do like their core, I just have no faith in JB!
I do think they will be a playoff team possibly next year, more likely the year after, but I think they are 3-4 years away from competing with the likes of the AV's, TB, CAR etc.
Forum: Armchair-GM3 juin 2021 à 23 h 24
Forum: Armchair-GM3 juin 2021 à 23 h 18
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Swedenheim</b></div><div>Theoretically Lindholm says he will sign a reasonable extension, does that make you cough up the pick and maybe more, Lindholm is certainly not young but he also certainly isn’t old and has a number of good years left in him</div></div>

It would be more appealing. I definitely think Lindholm is worth a first plus, however if VAN is going to trade their first I am not sure Lindholm is the best fit for the team. The team needs D improvements but would prefer right side upgrades.

Concerns fit wise for VAN from my perspective would be:

VAN is still likely 3-4 years away from contending which would be pushing Lindholm into his 30's and likely into a state of decline.
VAN is high on Jack Rathbone becoming a solid top 4 LD in the very near future. With Hughes also playing the left side, VAN hopes to be set in this position for years to come.
VAN traded away their 1&amp;2 round picks last year and don't appear to have a lot of future players coming in on ECL's. If they trade away top picks for players without some form of team control on team friendly deals, they could continue to have cap issues long term.
Greater need for improvement on the right side.

All that being said JB tried hard to acquire OEL last year, a desperation move in my opinion, and he is likely going to be even more desperate to improve the team this year, so I could definitely see him having interest, I would think VAN would probably have to add prospect though.