Calling it Now: Tampa is a Serious Threat Again, Nashville has Screwed Themselves, and These facts are not Unrelated

[Brookbank]

Nashville center depth is tragic.

Why did they trade away Cody Glass ? He has 4 assists in Pitt. Not lighting it up but there's some potential there.

Nashville got shut out tonight.

 

[Soundgarden]

Why did they trade away Cody Glass ? He has 4 assists in Pitt. Not lighting it up but there's some potential there.

Nashville got shut out tonight.

Cap space.

 

[Acallabeth]

I can't think of a recent-ish case of Tampa overholding onto a declining player. It must be a strong part of their success over the last decade.

 

[Armourboy]

Cap space.

And he ain't that great to start with. Parssinen could more than fill his spot but Brunette won't play him.

As much as people point to the contracts our bigger issue is the coaching staff. Stamkos some nights is getting more time than Forsberg. He hasn't tried to adjust anything other than to shuffle lines, which he seems to change every shift. He plays his young guys 7 minutes a night while shuffling who they play with.

Right now Brunette has this team playing to its weaknesses rather than its strength

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Never criticized the GM. Zito is fantastic. Tampa has great management too - Just said letting Stammer go was obvious and not some smooth brain GM work.

Said Florida teams have a competitive advantage in free agency. It's a fact I'm really done with your straw man nonsense about it.

It's actually really difficult and most teams fall into the trap of holding onto their declining star players too long because of emotional attachment. What they did was the right move, but it's rare.

 

[Laus723]

And he ain't that great to start with. Parssinen could more than fill his spot but Brunette won't play him.

As much as people point to the contracts our bigger issue is the coaching staff. Stamkos some nights is getting more time than Forsberg. He hasn't tried to adjust anything other than to shuffle lines, which he seems to change every shift. He plays his young guys 7 minutes a night while shuffling who they play with.

Right now Brunette has this team playing to its weaknesses rather than its strength

He’s a good coach, but we’d still be out in the early rounds if he was allowed to stay on. He has a ways to go, hopefully Nashvilles additions figure out how to mesh and go on a run.

Never criticized the GM. Zito is fantastic. Tampa has great management too - Just said letting Stammer go was obvious and not some smooth brain GM work.

Said Florida teams have a competitive advantage in free agency. It's a fact I'm really done with your straw man nonsense about it.

“Straw man,” what exactly was straw man that I said? Straw man is everyone pointing to the “no tax” (I pay plenty of f***ing taxes btw) and ignoring everything else I said. You still haven’t answered where it helped us or Tampa the majority of our existences. No one else can either.

I can't think of a recent-ish case of Tampa overholding onto a declining player. It must be a strong part of their success over the last decade.

With McDonough they seem to have imped the gun and circled back. It’s a fine line.

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

He’s a good coach, but we’d still be out in the early rounds if he was allowed to stay on. He has a ways to go, hopefully Nashvilles additions figure out how to mesh and go on a run.

“Straw man,” what exactly was straw man that I said? Straw man is everyone pointing to the “no tax” (I pay plenty of f***ing taxes btw) and ignoring everything else I said. You still haven’t answered where it helped us or Tampa the majority of our existences. No one else can either.

With McDonough they seem to have imped the gun and circled back. It’s a fine line.

This isn't the defence you think it is.

Showing that your two franchises were so incompetent that they couldn't utilize a competitive advantage isn't the flex you think it is.

Also, the cap didn't exist until 2005.

Also, the flat cap really made this effect exponentially stronger.

So there are a great number of ways to point out what a ridiculous competitive advantage it is.

Now, none of this means that the Panthers and Lightning haven't been managed well to take advantage of these benefits. But acting like they're not extremely prominent is just delusional.