If you saw AOF's SIM team, you would understand.
This is what he does.
it is what I do... to be fair its what teams did my first 35 years of life too... its what Detroit did when they were the dominant organization in the nhl for most of 20 year run
does the cap make it impossible to win now with this philosophy?
did the rule changes in the nhl make it impossible?
I foresee a system developing where it will be impossible to win with 21 year old kids getting 8-10 million on their second contracts. weve only seen a handful of this the past year or two... next year the number will double. and I predict within 3 seasons the amount of cap consumed by inconsistent kids going through growing pains is going to be astronomical
in my sim im trying to add players on long term fixed deals like shea weber for example whom I predict will still be impact players down the road. im also avoiding certain players I think can command the 10 million dollar a year salaries
I inherited Patrick kane, john Tavares, and john gradeau for my team... 27 mill cap hit for just 3 guys. I traded them all for picks/prospects. I used the free cap room to bring in guys like corey perry {traded for him but then flipped him}
im not trying to win in my sim this year... I wish I had joined before sept. I wish I had been part of the sim for 5 years and had my kids in place and was adding these vets as a final touch. the mix of players on my team right now is not conducent to winning. I have 11 first round picks stockpiled for the next 4 seasons. it will take awhile for those picks to payoff
in real life, the bruins aren't like my sim team... in rl the bruins are a win now team trying to win before Bergeron/rask/marchand/krejci/and even krug all age past their primes.
bruins don't have a ton of elite talent kids... other than pastrnak and McAvoy its arguable none of the guys are front liners. trying to target 4-5 years from now as our window to win is NOT the right decision.
you can quibble with the targets I identify. im mostly concerned with cap room. I haven't watched/scouted most these guys. I leave that to others. if my scouts told me the guy was gassed id back off. but if some fans say so... fans are often wrong
fans write guys off for dead all the time... often the player is just in a bad situation. larry murphy went on to have a hof career after Toronto wrote him off for dead. when jagr returned to nhl fans laughed. gary Roberts... Mario Lemieux... come back from broken necks and cancer
guys do come back... it does happen
and often a change in scenery can rejuvenate a career... it happens