I don't think I would either for that player in particular.
I don't believe in the whole thing. USA guys on good teams aren't asking for trades. Larkin has toiled in Detroit for years and wants to win. You can say the same thing about Werenski here.
Helleybuck is asking out and they won the Presidents trophy a year ago. Their collapses in the playoffs are partially due to his performance in net.
I don't really have an issue with Hughes doing it. Vancouver was a sinking ship and are going to be bad for a while.
Yeahhhhh I don't disagree and I'm not trying to dump on Z here but he shit down his leg just as hard as anybody else at the end of the year. I get the team didn't give him the chance but the majority of elite players rise up in that moment.
I agree, although I think the team USA connection is simply 1. They actually won something so a team full of elite guys who had never done anything (Z, Matthews, Helle, B Tkachuck, Larkin, etc.) finally saw the top of the mountain and 2. There were guys chasing Cups/winning Cups like Eichel and M. Tkachuck who I am sure were singing the praises of their teams and their approaches to collecting rings.
And yet for all that ostensible progress it's apparently not enough for Werenski to stay.
I don't think its taken longer than it should have. The rebuild truly started in the 2021-22 season, the year before his contract kicked in and during that time the only truly bad season in that stretch was the 2023-24. Obviously 2022-23 was worse, actually the worst season in franchise history, but that's get a bit of an asterisks because if that season lasted a week or two longer one of us was going to be skating in a game because of the injuries. Now if they are healthy, they aren't magically a playoff team, but they aren't the worst team in franchise history either. 23-24 was bad, No real improvement despite being healthier, coaching deffo played a role in that. So 3 years into the rebuilt and 2 years in Z's contract, its not looking good. We know how the 24-25 season started, but then last 2 seasons happened. Bumpy rides, but in the hunt basically until the end. No bad for years 4 or 5 of a rebuild. Especially given the unique circumstances of year 4. That's what makes it hard to swallow. I don't think they that far off or are just tires spinning in the mud like Detroit. Asking for a trade when they are right there and it hasn't become the norm yet (like in Detroit) sucks. Not that he has asked yet.
Let's not put the cart before the horse. We'll all doom out together when the time comes lol.
A stay of execution still ends in an execution.
Maybe, maybe not.
I was starting to have faith in that before this Werenski stuff made it clear that said faith doesn't exist elsewhere.
Shoulda hired Babcock he woulda found out.
Same roster? As of right now we're scheduled to lose a top 6 forward, a top 9 forward, a 3rd pairing D, a 4th liner, and potentially our best player if he asks to/Waddell chooses to do so.
