Yep.
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This is one of those cases where I personally don't think there is a wrong answer. Just the consequences change. I'd probably lean myself to trying to have a last shot or two even if it is very unlikely, but I also get the recognition of likely being cooked... so it doesn't hurt and keeps fans happy.Yep.
I admit, I typically lean towards the contending side of this. All teams lose their players at some point. I think it was you who said that father time is undefeated. I get the respect/nostalgia thing also, but would rather have the best team out there, regardless of the other stuff.
Perhaps I'm just damaged a bit from "the lost decade" in Avs history.
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But boy did Vinny secure the bag after that buyout. Financial legend.
I personally have a hard time calling a guy disappointing when he was a core member on a Cup team, won a major award, and captain all at the team he was drafted with. If you guaranteed any team that arc with a 1st overall, they'd sign up in a hearbeat.
U's after O's and E's after R's. Properly British.
I'm not saying he had a disappointing career. However, the actual results didn't seem to catch up to the hype.
I recall a lot of EJ hype. I just don't personally think that Vinny's career was bad at all. He wasn't a generational player like some (including Pierre) were thinking, but he was a damn good hockey player.
That's the thing. Some were thinking of Vinny as generational, even before the "generational" label started being applied to seemingly every soon-to-be 1st overall pick.I recall a lot of EJ hype. I just don't personally think that Vinny's career was bad at all. He wasn't a generational player like some (including Pierre) were thinking, but he was a damn good hockey player.
Art Williams was a special kind of stupid as an owner in the hockey world. Even he recognized it and got out after a year.
I feel like Daigle brought that term to every top pick and we've just continued to run with it. But I just can't get behind a guy with his career being disappointing.
F***ing Daigle. The guy truly could have been great if he wasn't such an idiot and wanna-be Hollywood celebrity.I feel like Daigle brought that term to every top pick and we've just continued to run with it. But I just can't get behind a guy with his career being disappointing.
Puck Poise, the Sheriff, Tanguay and 32 games of Theo Fleury. The HF threads would have tens of thousands of posts in them if four 1st rounders produced that.
The Selanne and Kariya season might be the most disappointing in Avs history.. the Theo Fleury run is probably #2. His 15 game stretch to end the season was amazing. They looked unbeatable. Coming down from 0-2 to beat the Wings in 6, I was absolutely sure of another Cup. Jaime F Langenbrunner and Mike Keane just destroyed it all in Game 6 and 7.
Please don't try and make me explain seph's posts.
Those two players were extremely tough to play against. Mike Keane was also just a strait damn winner... 3 cups, 3 different teams. Of course, I still refuse to officially recognize the 99 cup, as Hull's foot was clearly in the crease and as stupid as the rule was, it was the rule.
He was pretty good in the playoffs also.
You have to look at how successful they were before him. Not very. He brought them the most success they ever had and signed a big name player. Can't blame him really. He also made some big moves but almost no player wants to stay there. That makes things complicated.
And those guys would return some interesting assets
