I recall the praise Holland used to receive ln these boards for “building a Red Wings powerhouse”...as I pointed out back 15-years ago, Holland the legend is the creation of Mike Illitch’s blank cheque spending ways back in the 90s + Jim Devellano seizing the opportunity of the fall of the Berlin Wall....
And the Red Wings' great drafting in the early to mid-2000s. It helps that you have one of the 5 best d-men of all time on the roster too.I recall the praise Holland used to receive ln these boards for “building a Red Wings powerhouse”...as I pointed out back 15-years ago, Holland the legend is the creation of Mike Illitch’s blank cheque spending ways back in the 90s + Jim Devellano seizing the opportunity of the fall of the Berlin Wall....
Zetterberg & Datsyuk spent close to 3-years slowly developing in the NHL playing exclusively on 3rd & 4th lines along w PP...that was simply because Wings were able to spend at will as a top-3 salaried team to stack top-3 lines. Those two would never had been slow rolled on a non top-5 spending teamthey were elite at drafting so more important than a blank cheque
There was no great Wings drafting post 1999...And the Red Wings' great drafting in the early to mid-2000s. It helps that you have one of the 5 best d-men of all time on the roster too.
Kronwall in 2000,There was no great Wings drafting post 1999...
They had their chance to ink him with term years ago
The Jones contract fuked it up and Dubas your up next with Morgan ......good luck
He is overpaid by 1.5 mil but he is a top pair D and had no other choice
There was no great Wings drafting post 1999...
Ironically, none of them are "very good." With the exception of Hamilton, who signed for the cheapest.Seth Jones set the market at Overpay for Very good D men..
GM's you're #$@#ing yourselves!.
That's the thing with drafting....you just need 4-5 years of being red hot and then you're pretty much set up for a nice 12 year run. Still waiting for Timmins to string back to back 2007s.
Pls they each followed that model once. The Hawks 12-yr run has come to an end and they’re not following it again...Bingo .....Ducks , Hawks etc follow that model
Pls they each followed that model once. The Hawks 12-yr run has come to an end and they’re not following it again...
You also need players to take hometown discounts (Det, Pit, Chi, TBay) to maintain a competitive team for any period of time....which doesn’t happen for CDN markets.Point is draft and develop properly , get your core in place
Ride it for a decade with smart trades and tinkering to fill the gaps and be cap prudent
Like CH1 said you only need a 4-5 year period of team building
It’s amusing how you make it sound so easy. Those that do all of those things well are the exceptions.Point is draft and develop properly , get your core in place
Ride it for a decade with smart trades and tinkering to fill the gaps and be cap prudent
Like CH1 said you only need a 4-5 year period of team building
In fact there hasn’t been one team in the cap era who has done “all of those things well” without “significant help” - that help always came in the form of advantageous geographic location.It’s amusing how you make it sound so easy. Those that do all of those things well are the exceptions.
It’s amusing how you make it sound so easy. Those that do all of those things well are the exceptions.