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| Dayton Musicmen GM Bill Corfield |
Q: What were your goals coming into training camp? To put a competitive team on the ice and contend for a playoff birth. The talent level is better than it was last year, we're going to win more than 14 games and end up with more than the 35 points we did last season. I think that we can finish in the point range of 60-75 pts. with the talent we have. With few top line players, Radulov, Nurse, Dubnyck are our highest profile guys, we can't compete with the better teams over a full season. But, we'll do better, I'm sure...
Q: Are you shooting for the playoffs this season? We're taking the season in ten games increments. The first 5 stages are to assess what we have to work with and what line combinations work best. If we're sitting firmly in a playoff position after the 40-45 game mark - we'll review everything from the team on the ice, how the top prospects are doing, what rookies we can expect to be here next season and make a decision. We may look to acquire a few older players if the price is right to make a push for the playoffs and earn some additional playoff revenue. If after 40-45 games, we're not in a serious position to do anything in the post-season, we'll sell off the older and talented guys like Radulov, Girardi, Dubnyck, Dadonov, etc... and get ready for the FA bidding and then our Entry Draft.
Q: How does that affect the overall goal of building a deep and successful organization overall? We really want to build a deep foundation of players here so that we're not forced to leave ourselves short if we need to add a few pieces. Our overall goal last year - that continues right now - is to build the best team in the CCHL and have the deepest prospect system in the league. Not just quantity, but more importantly, quality.
Q. Would you explain the trading of Rasmus Dahlin? When you have an asset like Dahlin, you have to decide if the asset serves your overall goals best as an asset within the organization or outside the organization in terms of bringing some different assets of value into the team. In Dahlin's case, we agree that he's going to be fantastic. As advertised. Looking at our depth on Defense, we're sitting in a good situation, that will only get better by this time next year. being a defenseman, we don't think Dahlin will separate himself over the next 5-7 years in the CCHL from other very good dmen. We will have more than a couple of those very few dmen without him. By adding Chytil, we get a kid we project to be on the Rangers top two lines by the end of his rookie season and will stay there for a long time. In Ville Husso, a goalie we've long wanted to bring in from Siberia, we're getting the next #1 goaltender for the Blues who should take over the nets just about the time the other young talent in St. Louis is maturing as well. In Will Butcher, a rookie who scored over 40 points for a weak NJ Devil team, his upside is impressive as well. Plus, we get our 1st rounder next draft back, which should yield us a top ten draftee. If Dahlin was a forward, we probably don't make the deal as his impact would be greater than that of a dman. He'll be great - but for someone else, lol...
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