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Oilers hiring Babcock seems like a hilarious misinterpretation of the Vegas/Tortorella story

Skeptics are gonna see the Hawks as a team that is a year or two away from being Detroit, a not good enough for playoffs not bad enough for lottery luck group. I don’t see a 30 y/o sick of missing the playoffs every year being open to coming to Chicago. You’re probably sending back Nazar and picks in that deal. It could make sense for Chicago but does Detroit want draft picks?

We don’t have an EPA. There will be no repercussions for companies that kill in the near future.

I missed most of the game. But that Marner block definitely saved a tying goal with seconds remaining

Both goalies are capable of falling apart at a moments notice. Vegas only needs three more wins but it’s hardly over. Carolina can still make noise.

Take the under

Biggest snag is San Jose likely very open to trading down below Chicago. SJ has #20 as well and could be in a position to stockpile defensive prospects a little lower.

Vancouver hiring Malhotra feels like it almost guarantees they draft his son at 3, which almost everybody has mocked at this point.

The Bears didn’t have anybody possible comparable. that’s the whole reason we’re in this defensive predicament

You don’t know if the bears had a Jared Verse on the roster?

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Since this was a ‘27 third, the future 1/2/3 rounds picks now look like: ’26 (1,2,2,2,3) ’27 (1,1,1,2,2,3,3) ’28 (1,2,2,3) that’s 5 1s, 7 2s, 4 3s. 16 contracts that will have to be added to the 50 contract maximum. At a minimum they should be looking to trade away 2 1s and three or four 2s/3s within that calendar year. That should be enough to acquire one top 6 forward and a halfway decent D man.

I’m not worried about the individual. I’m worried about the surplus causing losses. They already lost Dominic James to Tampa under similar circumstances. He saw a quicker path to NHL team with a better team. you cant keep selecting multiple 1/2/3 round guys and get them in the system. The surplus loses value when you hit the extreme end

The prospect stockpile backfires again. It was recently reported that hawks prospect Jack Pridham had to enroll in college, sign his entry level deal or go back into draft. He didn’t want to be the 14th best prospect in this system so he was traded to Tampa for a third round pick. this was a third round pick that has looked good post draft, but now Chicago loses him for another third round pick where they will have to work to get equal value. this is where the quantity over quality issue bites you. Guys don’t want to be 4th liners. Chicago somehow doesn’t have a legit top 6 but also doesn’t have room for more middle 6 guys. Draft capital is great but there are diminishing returns. They need to trade surplus for quality