Explain how trading for a top 4 defensemen that fills a need is the bare minimum. If he traded for a third pairing or 7th defensemen instead of Tanev, would you be saying he did less than the bare minimum?
It’s the trade deadline, there is no requirement to do anything. Therefor there is no minimum.
You’ve taken your complaining to a new level that has me wondering if you really mean anything you’re saying or if you’re just f***ing with all of us.
I mean sometimes, depending on how high I am, but not this time. I'm extremely disappointed with how Nill approached this deadline.
Deepest forward group, (well top 9), in the league.
Getting Tanev was absolutely great. Maybe saying the bare minimum was hyperbole, but the defense is still bad outside of 3 guys, and worst still he's perfectly happy to head in the PO with 2 of the worst performing goalies in the league.
This is probably the best forward group we'll ever have, with Johnston and Stankoven on ELCs, Pavelski, Benn, and Seguin not completely washed. And he's still all to happy to have a d-pair I wouldn't put together in the AHL, half of which are directly responsible for costing us PO games last year), and ride it out with Wedgewood as the backup for, being fair, a shitty performing Oettinger.
Half our current d-core are slow or outright poor skaters, some are both, they struggle with fast skating teams, roughly half of them are bad with the puck, he didn't address that and if there was any year to go all in, it was this one. yeah with the core being young they'll still be capable of making the PO, but they're not going to have this level of talent up front again.
There's one good dmen on the way(probably 2yrs away still) and all but 2 of the current group (the best 2) are 30+.
The only good prospect coming (for sure) in the next 4 years is Bourque(up front).
And instead of actually trying to go for it he just does 1 thing, yes it was a much needed get, then he phones it in, like he always does. Using the same tired cliche of the prospect that should have already long been in the NHL is basically a deadline add because he managed the roster and cap so poorly he had to bury them in the AHL. As if the forwards (granted Faksa and Dellandrea suck ass) we're the problem to begin with.
Obviously he can't get rid of Suter, (he did that to himself) but there was no excuse to roll with Hankanpaa and Wedgewood.
Replacing both or either wouldn't have been expensive, hell both Hanifin and Tanev went for peanuts. But he couldn't be bothered to do anything because "next year" (Where we will be inexplicable stuck with Suter still) or somebody's feelings would be hurt and can't have that.
Please keep in mind the second D addition is something Nill is saving for later this month. He was going to trade for another defenseman, but then he read a bunch of posts here and realized it would be much funnier to bring up Bichsel and give
@Satan an aneurysm.
I never thought about this angle and if it happens I will build a statue in nills honor
