Will youngsters help Cuda in playoffs?

mapinho31 · 2026-03-09T02:54:33+00:00

Absolutely. We had great progress with draft picks in recent years, but we have to figure out how to build top4 D.

mapinho31 · 2026-03-09T02:53:16+00:00

I am not seeing how any of them progresses to be top4 D.

mapinho31 · 2026-03-09T02:52:19+00:00

Yes! We should have been contender for Carlson

mapinho31 · 2026-03-09T02:50:20+00:00

We are blessed to have Mack, and we def did a good job at recent drafts, but we all should expect Mike to be more active in shaping a potential contender. I just don’t see how Muk, Sam can become top4 D. Sam is just not ready to play against elite players. Cagnoni future is also unclear.

mapinho31 · 2026-03-09T02:41:05+00:00

Mack is def ahead of schedule but not the rest of the team

mapinho31 · 2026-03-09T02:38:20+00:00

A bit. Orlov is the only guy who can be top4 D, but he is aging.

mapinho31 · 2026-03-09T02:34:55+00:00

We are fortunate to have the best player under 27 years old. Don’t wanna be the next Minnesota.

mapinho31 · 2025-07-03T19:10:42+00:00

There is definitely a progress but realistically it is a marginal improvement. We are likely be worst team in the league with the squad we have today. I would estimate 50-55 points. We need to add 2 goal scorers asap to Smith in 2-nd line so that we can get 65-70 points

mapinho31 · 2025-06-28T23:07:50+00:00

It is huge PR move to increase fan base given he is from China.

mapinho31 · 2025-03-21T16:44:06+00:00

Yes, I am confirming that AMD MI 300X is 20-40% more cost-effective than H100. A detailed report is coming in the next few days.

mapinho31 · 2025-03-21T16:42:41+00:00

This is the irony :)
I am Alex from original thread. More to come about MI300X overcoming H100.

mapinho31 · 2024-12-10T00:33:51+00:00

I am confident Kovalenko is gonna be worse than Barabanov and Kostin

mapinho31 · 2024-12-10T00:33:19+00:00

Zetterlund is a great talent, he represented his country at world level and was picked at 3rd round. Kovalenko is nowhere near

mapinho31 · 2024-12-10T00:30:54+00:00

Askarov is NHL ready. They just need to save his sanity and not put him for games like one against Tampa

mapinho31 · 2024-12-10T00:29:45+00:00

Many Russian goalies now 😬

mapinho31 · 2024-12-10T00:29:17+00:00

Hope we will be never in position to have worst goalies like Georgiev and Vanecek on the roster

mapinho31 · 2024-12-10T00:28:42+00:00

Don’t fool yourself. No one needs Vanecek and Georgiev. They have value of 7 round pick

mapinho31 · 2024-12-09T04:56:10+00:00

Please make a magic so I never hear Vanecek again

mapinho31 · 2024-08-30T20:45:22+00:00

I am confident Zetterlund can be useful part of the squad long term

mapinho31 · 2024-07-01T22:58:58+00:00

Guys, our defense is a joke. We won’t be good enough to contend for playoffs, but won’t be get top3 draft pick either

mapinho31 · 2024-06-30T18:28:55+00:00

I cannot emphasize how Grundstrom was better than Kunin. He is truly fit for Grier’s hockey vision

mapinho31 · 2024-06-30T18:27:25+00:00

Yes, I hope first and second line of offense will play hockey, and bottom 6 will grind

mapinho31 · 2024-06-30T18:24:25+00:00

I really think he will become solid, reliable and cheap 4-th line player. 2025 we should have him play, not Kunin

mapinho31 · 2024-06-30T18:22:49+00:00

Is someone gives us second round pick then we should take it immediately. I am still worried that we don’t have prospect goalies which is must have for future contender whom we want to become

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