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The Official Post-Bitch 2025-26 Regular Season Thread

CH1 said:
His incompetence aside, Tre was hired with the intention to go all in… I don’t think he survives the interview if he tells Shanny, “listen I’ve been looking at some of the advanced analytics, and is it ok if we maybe take a breath, do a quick retool
on D, so we can extend the window and increase our odds in two years and beyond, instead of going all in at the deadline picking up whatever the market makes available”
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But the counterargument is that spending 1sts on 4th liners is a very dumb way to go all in. And it really wasn't difficult to build a quality team without a "retool". I am all for him going all in, but he didn't acquire a single good player.
 
zeke said:
Top-5 pick Dmen

2025: #1 Schaefer
2024: #2 Levshunov, (#9 Parekh)
2023: #5 Reinbacher
2022: #2 Nemec
2021: #1 Power, #4 L.Hughes, (#6 Edvinsson, #8 Clarke)
2020: #5 Sanderson
2019: #4 Byram, (#6 Seider, #8 Broberg)
2018: #1 Dahlin, (#7 Q.Hughes, #10 Bouchard)
2017: #3 Heiskanen, #4 Makar
2016: #5 Juolevi, (#9 Sergachev)
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Mixed bag.

If we get the #1, you take McKenna and run. Spend money and assets in UFA and trade to address the blueline.

McKenna-Matthews-XXXXXX
Knies-Tavares-Nylander
Robertson-XXXXX-Cowan
XXXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXX
Lorentz

McCabe-XXXXXX
Rielly-XXXXXX
OEL-XXXXXX

Stolarz
Woll

About 32 million to spend. Lots of powder for a nerd to find strong analytics producers at all of those spots.
 
Preston said:
But the counterargument is that spending 1sts on 4th liners is a very dumb way to go all in. And it really wasn't difficult to build a quality team without a "retool". I am all for him going all in, but he didn't acquire a single good player.
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Which prize did Dubas get at the deadline, other than ROR
 
And then after running Marner out of town, he spends some of the cap space on Maccelli and Joshua. And then decides to stop there, despite having room for more.
 
CH1 said:
Which prize did Dubas get at the deadline, other than ROR
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I didn't love many of his deadline deals either, but he kept the team ultra competitive with a clean balance sheet for a long, long time. Tre comes here, turns over most of the team, and in year 2 it's a gong show.

But yeah Kyle did a fabulous job rebuilding the d over time. Muzzin, Brodie, McCabe were three very good acquisitions that help keep them competitive.
 
Preston said:
I didn't love many of his deadline deals either, but he kept the team ultra competitive with a clean balance sheet for a long, long time. Tre comes here, turns over most of the team, and in year 2 it's a gong show.
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And because of that you might get your best prospect in a decade, a player that injects sorely needed life to your blueline

You’re welcome
 
MindzEye said:
Mixed bag.
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honestly doesn't look too mixed to me.

there's a couple duds there, but there's at least 6-7 superstuds there, plus a bunch more that arguably fill most of a the "#1D" criteria, and then a couple more still with that upside left still.

and this year is apparently a good dman draft.
 
Preston said:
I didn't love many of his deadline deals either, but he kept the team ultra competitive with a clean balance sheet for a long, long time. Tre comes here, turns over most of the team, and in year 2 it's a gong show.

But yeah Kyle did a fabulous job rebuilding the d over time. Muzzin, Brodie, McCabe were three very good acquisitions that help keep them competitive.
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Kyle did a good job with the D, but just good. Those were 3 nice and safe acquisitions, but we never added a true #1 despite that being the one obvious thing missing here.
 
I don't know that any actual #1s were moved in trades though. Some similar caliber guys as Muzz/mccabe but more offensive than defensive, maybe, but no real #1s.

of course, the year that an actual super elite dman got moved in a trade, we had Brad in charge, and i bet he never even made a call.
 
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