Gorton has done nothing but suck as GM. Looks like a clown. Kravtsov and Miller look like soft millennials
Yeah, I don't mind this guy. R shot, played in a mans league, and is only 17. Little small, but that is the NHL today. I admit I'm a little deflated right now. And we lost one of our 2nd round picks to move up 4 spots. I am really starting to question Gorton now. Let's see what he does with the RFA's.
So they have as locks for Forwards Kreider - Zibanejad - Zuccarello Buchnevich - Hayes - Andersson Vesey - Namestnikov- Spooner Fast Sorry but I don’t see this team finishing near the bottom. Not going to finish near the top. Probably get the same pick next year
Not impressed at all with this draft. Drafting a Russian dumbass. Then drAfting two more fucking defenseman when he acquired 3 at the deadline.
Yea . I liked Wahlstrom... I could see his name on the back of a jersey. Or even Bouchard/Dobson. Gorton is a clown, I always thought so.
I'll tell you this much, buckle up for a few dry years. We may not be good again for 3 or 4 years. I was wrong in thinking we were rebooting, we are 100% rebuilding. We have a ton of young dmen now (trade for a young higher end forward?). Now we need some high end forward talent. And we need to hope Igor is the real deal in goal. If so we could be a real threat in 3 or 4 years.
We did. An undersized D from Sweden. We need f’king scoring. Reach, reach, reach. We’ll be picking high for a while, maybe three or four years.
Lundqvist was rated 27-35 so not really a reach there. Some good players still on the board so hopefully they make a solid selection in the 2nd.
In our division, the Flyers & Islanders did better than the Rangers. We had 3 picks. And to trade up 4 spots to give away a #26....1st round & #48....2nd round to Ottawa....of all teams. Ugh!
I trusted Clarke and Gorton, but now I am not sure. I did read this AM that the Russian has very high end skill and is not your typical low end compete Russian. Compared him to Kuz. Would have been rated higher, top 10 for sure, if it wasn't for the Russia factor. With that said, we have way too many dmen prospects. We have way too many RFA's to sign them all. We have nearly 30 mill in cap space. Gorton has to be active today/over the next 8 or 9 days. If he is not we are going to field a team of mostly kids that will be a lower level team next season. I have to think some moves to improve are coming. It is difficult to rebuild without top 3 picks, so if that is his only plan we may be bad for 3 or 4 years at least. I will also add, the trade he made last night was terrible. Said it at the time, and say it again now in the light of day. To deal a mid-2nd rounder to move up 4 spots to # 22 is ridiculous really. Double so when you consider the Blues dealt a pick in the 70's to move up 4 spots to 25. That was an awful move by Gorton, he WAY overpaid. The only saving grace is he must really like Miller to give up a valuable pick like that to move up a mere 4 spots in the 20's. Gorton needs to get his stick on the ice and start improving this team, not just with 17 and 18 year olds that are 3 years away from making an impact.
