"Goodrow sucks!"
"But he's better than anything else we have!"
"No, we should play the kids!"
"But the kids would be worse and that might not be good for their development either!"
"I don't care, anything would be better than this, who cares about winning games!"
"We need to develop a winning culture!"
"No we don't, that will come with better players!"
"Kids become better players if they learn how to play a complete game!"
"If you force young guys to play a defensive game you'll kill their instincts!"
"The NHL isn't juniors, you need old vets to show the kids how to be pros, handle a heavy workload, develop a B game, and be consistent!"
"Not for $3m a year you don't!"
"But we have $25mm of cap space!"
"Good teams manage their cap space no matter what!"
"It's a short contract while our youth are still on their ELCs!"
"But Goodrow SUCKS!"
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. There is nothing new under the sun. The merry go round continues.