Theres a thing called a salary cap
I believe Hedman, Sergachyov and McDonagh played well togehter even being on the different pairs.
You can’t tell when people aren’t showing emotion? Are you serious?
Lack of emotion is not the problem with these guys. They show plenty of it in adversity. Frustration and exasperation are two of the emotions they show.
Am. Do you joking about your own words now?
Here's a stat for you: the contract years and AAVs. You sure you wanna be saddled with one of them?
I think people do this because they resent their perspective being shit on and dismissed previously.
People might feel validated in being right about failure, but I doubt they are happy. I’d rather be wrong and the team winning than be right and continue to be subjected to this miserable mediocrity.
This is a weird way to frame it from my perspective. We as fans don’t control the who is on the roster and we don’t play the games. How we feel holds no bearing on how the team performs, so I don’t see being optimistic as some kind of virtue that holds value. If anything, unreasonably optimistic fans present an environment that incentivizes the organization to run status quo regardless of on-ice results.
It’s all relative - I don’t think anyone here would be demanding more or screaming that the sky is falling if this team’s roster was much better and they had a strong regular season but came up short in the playoffs to another really good team.
They have zero foundational pieces until a player steps up and proves he is so.
I don’t know if I would go as far to say that we aren’t even close, but I absolutely feel like we are farther than the consensus here feels.
Close, is we need a couple of marginal pieces to be a legitimate contender.
Wtf are you talking about
. On any team message board, you definitely get penalized more for being objective, realistic, or offering constructive criticism. It is much easier to blindly support a team. Ignorance is bliss....and I don't even mean that as a slight. There's a reason the saying exists. Hell, just go scan reddit Devs. Up until last week, 99% of posts that offered even the slightest critique of the team got downvoted into oblivion ALL SEASON LONG.
it's not what you say it's how you say it. An opinion that the team really struggles with (fill in the blanks) and needs to think about adding some players to address those weaknesses without losing the things the team does well but I am concerned that management just has not prioritized the correct players is as doomer as anything else but I imagine gets less pushback than the same message delivered with hyperbole.Wtf are you talking about
This doesn't just span sports. It goes across most things in life. People generally have an innate desire to be accepted and go along with the consensus (or perceived consensus) opinion within their bubble. And when it comes to fandom, a team like the Blackhawks even has a fanbase that is consensus hopeful....at least to start the season. So people tend to fall in line.
I wanted Stephenson, but I also knew his price would likely be nuts with how dry the Center market was. And his price did indeed end up being nuts. 100% out on Lindholm though, ya lose me with that one.
Nah, miss me with that nonsense. You can't criticize certain things on here until enough people finally come to the same realization. Doesn't matter how well thought out or researched your view is, the stats/metrics you offer as support, etc. But that's just how fan message boards are to a degree....again, somewhat understandably so due to human nature.
