2024 Draft

[Sal_Butera]

Michkov

Hughes compared Shane Wright “draft year hype” to Michkov “draft year hype” at press conf today…

 

[worm]

Hughes compared Shane Wright “draft year hype” to Michkov “draft year hype” at press conf today…

Time for a new GM then

 

[Krustchev]

Hughes compared Shane Wright “draft year hype” to Michkov “draft year hype” at press conf today…

Did he also compare the actual players?

 

[Sal_Butera]

Did he also compare the actual players?

When questioned about need for a PPG player, he said his former client (Bergeron) was never a PPG player and when told his linemates were (Pastrnak, Marchand), Hughes said Bergeron enabled them to become PPG players….

No emotion, very matter of factly..

 

[Krustchev]

When questioned about need for a PPG player, he said his former client (Bergeron) was never a PPG player and when told his linemates were (Pastrnak, Marchand), Hughes said Bergeron enabled them to become PPG players….

No emotion, very matter of factly..

Sounds like a dodge.

 

[Sal_Butera]

Sounds like a dodge.

Sounds more like Hughes doesn’t much care for pousse caca players

 

[Krustchev]

Sounds more like Hughes doesn’t much care for pousse caca players

We don’t know yet if Michkov is one of those.

 

[Sal_Butera]

We don’t know yet if Michkov is one of those.

The tone & manner in which Hughes compared Wright & Michkov would lead one to conclude the org believes they are birds of the same feather…

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Sounds more like Hughes doesn’t much care for pousse caca players

or fancy pants fascist Russian homophobes, no wonder @WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou likes him

 

[Alan C]

I expect Michkov to be a star. Hughes is paid to make the right choice. Maybe they know more than we do. If he is wrong we will be bitching about it for ages.

 

[hairnova]

The bitching ain't gonna stop whether he's right or wrong.

 

[CH1]

The bitching ain't gonna stop whether he's right or wrong.

3-4 year runway for bitching until M comes over… but nobody should feel bad for Hugo. He’s got his dream job.

 

[GrandWazoo]

When questioned about need for a PPG player, he said his former client (Bergeron) was never a PPG player and when told his linemates were (Pastrnak, Marchand), Hughes said Bergeron enabled them to become PPG players….

No emotion, very matter of factly..

Yeah because Pastrnak is totally not a PPG player without Bergeron.

Not Hughes best moment. He sounded like the next GM in a long line that doesn’t care about offense.

 

[Krustchev]

Yeah because Pastrnak is totally not a PPG player without Bergeron.

Not Hughes best moment. He sounded like the next GM in a long line that doesn’t care about offense.

Who’s Pasternak?

 

[CH1]

Yeah because Pastrnak is totally not a PPG player without Bergeron.

Not Hughes best moment. He sounded like the next GM in a long line that doesn’t care about offense.

I think it was more of a case where he sidestepped the question to say “I had a really great client once”…. his actions suggest he understands offence (traded D and draft capital to land Dach and Newhook)

 

[lecoqsportif]

Yeah, those two trades + Slafkovsky. They inherited most of the young D and traded Romanov. Do the D-focus narrative is misleading.

They are playing the hand they were dealt.

 

[Sal_Butera]

I think it was more of a case where he sidestepped the question to say “I had a really great client once”…. his actions suggest he understands offence (traded D and draft capital to land Dach and Newhook)

HuGo & MSLs actions also suggest they’re not fond of unidimensional talent… which they concluded Michkov was

 

[lecoqsportif]

We already have Caufield.

(And also applies to Zeigras.)

 

[Sal_Butera]

We already have Caufield.

(And also applies to Zeigras.)

None of Hughes acquisitions have been though, albeit limited sample set.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

We already have Caufield.

(And also applies to Zeigras.)

Caufield is actually nice unlike the fascist Russian homophobe...