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2023 Draft and UFA Thread

Regardless of whether we need another good draft or 2 (of course we do), we’re not going to be tanking next year on purpose, that much is clear.
 
Krustchev said:
Worm is in for a huge letdown if he thinks we will use ANY first round pick on MM. I think he’ll go late in the first round. And I’m not saying we shouldn’t draft him but I can see Molson putting his foot down and saying no.
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Highly doubt he goes past the caps.
 
Sal_Butera said:
Will be interesting to watch play out, how many top-10 teams are willing to play geopolitical roulette and willing to wait out 3-years (minimum) for Michkov, and how those GMs sell it internally to ownership?



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Caps for sure.

And most top picks are 2 to 3 years away from the NHL anyway. So I doubt that factors in much.
 
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GEEMAN said:
Team isnt tanking on purpose .......team isnt good enough and they compete most nights
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Last season there was no effort whatsoever to even try to ice a competitive team. It was all about accumulating assets and shedding salaries. No expectations from management or fans, a deliberate throwaway season. That is tanking. No Blackhawks gut-the-team tanking but wins-don’t-matter tanking.
 
GrandWazoo said:
Last season there was no effort whatsoever to even try to ice a competitive team. It was all about accumulating assets and shedding salaries. No expectations from management or fans, a deliberate throwaway season. That is tanking. No Blackhawks gut-the-team tanking but wins-don’t-matter tanking.
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Team had no chance to even try to compete , the reboot was in full force
 
GrandWazoo said:
Last season there was no effort whatsoever to even try to ice a competitive team. It was all about accumulating assets and shedding salaries. No expectations from management or fans, a deliberate throwaway season. That is tanking. No Blackhawks gut-the-team tanking but wins-don’t-matter tanking.
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Did they shed salaries? They added and were up against the cap. They got assets for taking on salaries.

They did sell at the deadline last sesson but since then they have not.

Even at this deadline when clearly out of it they did not sell at the deadline. Only thing of note was getting a pick for salary retention. Dadonov trade was basically a wash.

Add: They added 6m in salary for monahan and added a first.

Add: They did shed a bit of salary for Matteson but also gave up a former first rounder. And got the better player.


Add : They got Dach for the 13th overall pick.
Sell: Traded Romanov for 13th overall.

If anything since the 2022 deadline the Habs have been buyers. Smart buys but still.

I feel this summer will be similar. Look for a Dach / Romanov deal. Look for a taking on short term salary for assets and improvement. Trading the 17th overall pick for a young player.
 
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