Joel Goodson
- dawgville
They have the fifth pick in this years draft (hopefully better). They also have the 20th pick in this years draft. They have 4 second round picks this year. They have two picks in the first round and second round next year. They will have massive amounts of cap space. Of course they would love to luck into that first pick or anywhere in the top three. This team needed to be stripped down and rebuilt. It’s painful to watch but they really had no choice. Conner Bedard isn’t winning the next 10 Stanley Cups. Would love to have him on the Hawks but all is not lost.
no one is saying a rebuild isn't necessary. there are 4 elite players (one of which is generational) and then there's a big dropoff. the Hawks might well might have blown their chance at getting one of these top kids. that's what all the moaning is about. hard to compete for titles without elite players.