The silence from the "Tkachuk doesn't want to come to Ottawa because it's a dumpster fire" crowd is going to be deafening over the next few days. Maybe, just maybe, the self-flagellation and self-hatred in which we have all engaged over the last few months might have been a touch overblown, and maybe this organization is perceived better outside of our fanbase by respected hockey people than it is within. Just a thought...
Agreed.
The team, especially at coaching and ice level was never as bad as presented here. The organization has had some blows this year for sure, and lets not sugar coat the blunders that EM has made, but management, coaching, and the players are still well respected around the league, and while we finished low this year, we finished high the year before. Teams are allowed to have bad years without being joke organizations.
We're definitely running under financial constraints, and some future money moves seem to be affecting our star signings, but the team isn't a dumpster fire. We have too many good people in the organization (can use more for sure!).
The loudest voices on this particular site tend to focus on real and perceived negatives, and flog them mercilessly until folks stop bothering to debate, and are left creating a sense of impending doom. But away from these boards things don't look nearly so dire, in fact it's easy to see positives floating around the team, especially when it comes to our younger players.
I'm looking forward to rookie camp and the big camp, lots of wicked prospects to check out. I'm also excited to see if anything pans out along ownership lines. Lebreton looks to be on track as well which should be a huge boost, even if it's just until the novelty wears off.
