Lets not glorify Chayka here...but glorify common sense instead
Galchenyuk traded for Domi
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Lets not glorify Chayka here...but glorify common sense instead
wiseguy1
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Radulov says hello. Ask Pacioretty.
Desharnais says hello too
MindzEye
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Yep... I believe the term is "spin."
lecoqsportif
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Not only was 27 one of the few goal scorers, but he may have been the only can opener. He could open up Ds and make the goals himself. 67 is, or was, a terrific sniper but he needs a set up man.
MindzEye
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Chayka has done a really good job that hasn't shown up in the points column yet.
The scary part is that they likely added Domi to replace Pacioretty at LW when he is traded for Ryan O'Reilly. So there's another drop in goal scoring.
lecoqsportif
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We’re phoqin’ tanking. They want the top pick next year...
wiseguy1
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Meh ...Galchenyuk was going to underachieve again under Julien next season.
The teams that did a good job last year are NJ and the Avs who were in the basement like Arizona but got out
It doesn't even matter. It's not like MB traded for a 1st rounder or a top prospect. He has no clue how to run a team. No point in tanking if your GM is garbage.
MindzEye
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That's a very narrow view of what a good job is for a rebuilding club. Next year their roster looks something like this:
Keller-Stepan-Merkley
Dvorak-AG-XXXXX
Perlini-Strome-Fischer
OEL-Hjalmarsson
Goligoski-Demers
Chychrun-XXXXX
Raanta (who has very quietly been .920+ for 140 games in his career now)
Kids don't develop in a linear fashion all the time, but that's a pile of talented young forwards. He's insulated them with a good veteran blueline and a good goalie as well.
Like I said, he's done a good job that hasn't shown up in the points column yet, but it will. They've got the 5 pick in a strong draft, and a few other solid prospects on the way (Crouse, Capobianco, Dauphin), it's a matter of time before they show improvement with this group. It's going to be too strong up the middle of the ice to be bad for much longer.
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When you finish in the basement of the standings enough times and draft alot in the top ten you get good young players, that’s not the hard part in a rebuild.
It’s putting it all together to create a team that is the hard part, it’s identifying needs and addressing them properly.
To say Chayka has done a good job is like saying that a lotterry winner has done a good job managing his finances.
Chayka has to start getting positive results to say he has done a good job, just like the Sabres.
Yeah... except no.
The Yotes have 2 top 10 picks over the past 9 years. 3rd and 7th in 2015 and 2016.
GrandWazoo
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Re: Galchenyuk traded
If they can make a center out of AG then good for them but it's not a given.b
If they can make a center out of AG then good for them but it's not a given.b
Still doesn’t change the reasoning...to say he has done a good job when his team has been atrocious since he took over doesn’t make sense to me.