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Forum: Armchair-GM10 oct. 2023 à 1 h 53
Sujet: Chicago needs a 2 C Really
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>I don't agree entirely with what you are saying.

You missed Korchinksi who is going to be a stud. He's the best prospect on the roster next to Bedard. You also missed Nazar who is a really good prospect.

You don't seem very familiar with all the strongest prospects in the Hawks system, they definitely have pieces.

<strong>Forwards likely to be NHL players: </strong>
Bedard (2023 1st round)
Moore (2023 1st round)
Reichel (2020 1st round)
Nazar (2022 1st round)
Greene (2022 2nd round)
C Dach (2021 2nd round)
Ludwinski (2022 2nd round)
Misiak (2023 2nd round)
Kantserov (2023 2nd round)

<strong>Defense likely to play in the NHL:</strong>
Korchinski (2022 1st round)
Del Mastro (2021 4th round)
Vlasic (2019 2nd round)
Phillips (2019 5th round)
Kaiser (2020 3rd round)
Rinzel (2022 1st round)
Allan (2021 1st round)

<strong>Goalies</strong>
Gajan (2023 2nd round)
Commesso (2020 2nd round)
Soderblom

This is definitely not a complete list, but these are the strongest prospects IMO as of now. The Hawks already have one of the strongest prospect systems in the NHL and are headed into the 2024 draft with (2) 1sts, (3) 2nds, and (2) 3rds, and they will likely pick up more with a trade or two at the TDL. This year will be another tank season with a top 5 pick as well.

Next season they won't be as bad as last season or this coming season, and the focus will be building chemistry and looking at available long term free agents; they have loads of cap space to play with. 2025/2026 they will be building the team to start competing and maybe able to sneak into the playoffs, again with loads of cap space to pick up a top free agent or two. 2026/2027 will be a strong playoff push. Yes, Bedard will be done with his ELC in 2026, but he gets 3 years of NHL hockey under his belt building chemistry with the young core that's being built.

The Hawks are in a very good position as of now. The new GM/Staff has done a amazing job so far with picks/selections and having patience.</div></div>

I didn't miss them, they were the selections for the picks acquired from the DeBrincat and Dach trades, both were 2022 selections, which is why I said there weren't any difference makers until the 2022 draft. And the Hawks removed young impact (or supposed to be impact) top 6 pieces to get those two.

Late teens and beyond first round picks aren't typically top 6 or top 4 players at the NHL level. They usually reliably become middle to bottom 6 or bottom 4 D. Add to that Chicagos recent history of mishandling prospect development, you could very easily end up in a Rangers situation where you think you have a number of sure fire pieces and you try to round out the team in FA only to end up with an expensive core thats aging, the kids didn't develop, and now your stuck.

Chicago has <a href="https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-top-100-prospects-ranking/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">6 of the top 100 prospects</a> in the NHL. 4 of them are top 25, but the last two are way down in the ~80 range. There's potential there, but it's going to be a long time before Chicago are serious contenders again.
Forum: Armchair-GM28 sept. 2023 à 17 h 40
Sujet: Questions for Friday
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>bhavikp27</b></div><div>Today's lines will probably be the ones they use tomorrow
Richard-Zacha-Pastrnak
Marchand-Poitras-Heinen
Greer-McLaughin/Farinacci-Lauko
Harrison-Merkulov-Chiasson

Lohrei-McAvoy
Lindholm-Shattenkirk
Forbort-Renouf
Wotherspoon-Walsh

Lohrei: is he ready to take the 3rd pair LD spot ?*
Top4 is big ask and it's probably too much. On the other hand, there's a wide open spot on the 3rd pair LD and he should start in a smaller role (if ready, obviously).

Let's keep Pasta with a player he will play with; Harrison will be in Providence, I'm surprised he even got a second game especially after Toporowski got cut when neither one was good in their first one.</div></div>

Yeah, I agree on the Lohrei idea, although I'd maybe rather see him develop with big minutes in Prov rather than limited minutes in Boston. Kinda nitpicky either way. Would be good to get Pasta/Zacha rolling, although they'll be ready to go for game 1 regardless lmao.

I was also a bit surprised to see Harrison is sticking around again, although I wonder if it's more of a numbers thing than anything.
Forum: Armchair-GM19 sept. 2023 à 19 h 54
Sujet: This team just doesnt survive the Atlantic sorry
They won't do it because there's too much talent on this roster but one of the best things the Bruins could do is fall into the lottery this year. Expectations are lowered after you lose guys like Bergeron and Krejci and replace them with Coyle &amp; Zacha, and then have to dump contracts like Taylor Hall &amp; Nick Foligno and replace them with the Jesper Boqvist &amp; AJ Greers of the world.

The center depth chart is just rough, man. Coyle hasn't broken 50 points in a season since 2016-17, and I'm not 100% sold on Pavel Zacha's breakout - I'm pretty sure I'd add 20 points to my career high if I went from skating with Nico Hischier &amp; Tomas Tatar to a line with the two Davids Krejci &amp; Pastrnak.

I don't think they fall all the way out of the playoff race, but I feel like they're closer to the mushy middle than the top of the league with this roster. Trust me - I'm an Islanders fan, I know a roster that's going to be carried to an 8 seed by their goalie and defense when I see one.