Hiller Hotseat Thread

[Bollocks]

No way Danault was not earning minutes.
Meritocracy.
Two minutes drop off is reasonable with his play and a team player would have just worked hard and not been a baby.
Phil missed Montreal, they were looking promising and his agent was obviously talking to them.

If that was the case, Ken should've been calling them much sooner to sell high and demand a 1st rounder instead of a 2nd.

 

[Bollocks]

The rumor is that St Louis wants 3 first-round equivalents. So, maybe the 2026 and 2027 firsts and Carter George or Henry Brzustewicz.

Thomas is a legit first line center. The odds that we would find that in one of the next two drafts with what will likely be mid first-round picks isn't great, and the prospect would still be years away.

That's too much.

If that's the price for Thomas, I'd rather take a leap of faith with Elias Petersson for half (or a bit more than half) of that price.

 

[Clif]

That's too much.

If that's the price for Thomas, I'd rather take a leap of faith with Elias Petersson for half (or a bit more than half) of that price.

Agreed. Can’t trade George until Slukynsky has an ELC signed. Can’t trade Bruschetta period because he’s the only legit RD in the pipeline.

2 firsts, Cihar, and a second maybe? But Blues could likely get a better prospect elsewhere.

I think Petterson will be more expensive than people are expecting. But I’d be happy with getting him for a first, second, Turcotte and a reach prospect like Pinelli or Salin.

 

[ICE24]

Agreed. Can’t trade George until Slukynsky has an ELC signed. Can’t trade Bruschetta period because he’s the only legit RD in the pipeline.

2 firsts, Cihar, and a second maybe? But Blues could likely get a better prospect elsewhere.

I think Petterson will be more expensive than people are expecting. But I’d be happy with getting him for a first, second, Turcotte and a reach prospect like Pinelli or Salin.

I believe all our prospects are a reach. Kings for a while have failed to draft have a real gem.

 

[Clif]

I believe all our prospects are a reach. Kings for a while have failed to draft have a real gem.

I favor trading picks and prospects when you’re actually trying to win as teams overvalue picks and get easily enticed by D+1 and +2 players. COL and VGK have succeeded so well there - they have not traded gems but have gotten gems in return. But with only one passable RD in the system and LD also questionable, I cannot get behind trading Wooley and Bruschetta.

I would argue Slukynsky is a gem. He has been elite at every level and won an NCAA title as a freshman. His stats that season were 1.90 GAA and .922 SV% in 25 games. He was a freshman, if I didn’t mention that.

My bigger fear with him is that his agent will correctly tell him he can write his own ticket and he never signs an ELC with the Kings.