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What do we want!? Unfair!
- Sep 8, 2008
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Alright, with the discussion about Holland's past decisions and what led up to this point with the team, I feel we should be having a discussion about what this team is currently and how far away we are from the end goal (and I am sure there are some disagreements as to what that end goal should specifically be).
Right now the team is at its lowest point, and going forward I am not convinced we have hit rock bottom yet. Zetterberg is going to get worse from here on out, Larkin is progressing but has not shown if he can completely fill the void that will be left by Zetterberg either retiring or losing impact as a player, Mantha and Athanasiou are somewhat of a wildcard from my perspective because of the "work ethic" issues some have had, we do not have a goaltender for the future, and coaching has been a hot topic all season. As far as the prospects we already have that will be coming up, other than Bertuzzi I have no clue what kind of impact we should be expecting in the next couple years, and I think it is a more reasonable assumption that they are not going to be enough in their rookie seasons to make the team better than they are now.
That isn't even discussing the roster players who are in the middle like Nyquist, Helm, Abdelkader, Ericsson, Dekeyser who I don't even know what category to put them in. I don't particularly want any of them long term for the money they are being paid but I don't see any of them other than maybe Nyquist leaving the team, meaning there isn't a lot of wiggle room other than the new "sign a free agent then trade them the same season" strategy.
So where do we go from here? What do we still need to make the right team?
Right now the team is at its lowest point, and going forward I am not convinced we have hit rock bottom yet. Zetterberg is going to get worse from here on out, Larkin is progressing but has not shown if he can completely fill the void that will be left by Zetterberg either retiring or losing impact as a player, Mantha and Athanasiou are somewhat of a wildcard from my perspective because of the "work ethic" issues some have had, we do not have a goaltender for the future, and coaching has been a hot topic all season. As far as the prospects we already have that will be coming up, other than Bertuzzi I have no clue what kind of impact we should be expecting in the next couple years, and I think it is a more reasonable assumption that they are not going to be enough in their rookie seasons to make the team better than they are now.
That isn't even discussing the roster players who are in the middle like Nyquist, Helm, Abdelkader, Ericsson, Dekeyser who I don't even know what category to put them in. I don't particularly want any of them long term for the money they are being paid but I don't see any of them other than maybe Nyquist leaving the team, meaning there isn't a lot of wiggle room other than the new "sign a free agent then trade them the same season" strategy.
So where do we go from here? What do we still need to make the right team?