I'd prefer to just get young guys from here on out even if we are 10M behind the cap for the season.
It's just mind boggling to me as to how many people are excited to sign more players to play a style of play nobody likes to watch but won't be bad enough to meaningfully tank.
I've been inserting him into trade prospoals since resigning as much as anyone. What I'm telling you is that up until this year, this team wanted to go to the playoffs and compete. You don't do that by trading off Rust or the players that help you do that. Sure, we can look at the guys that didn't help and retroactively decide that something different should have been done to sound smart but in reality, it does nothing.I have been calling for Bryan Rust to be traded for seasons. It's not hindsight. I hate how he has played for years.
Nobody knows, but you're asking me for what I have constantly advocated for on these boards and I gave you my answer. The problem this organization has is that it falls in love with minor players constantly. That's not changing any time soon. I'm not sure why it's illegal to discuss that now, but hey, if you want just assenting voices SEAL, just copy whatever Emp and DP are saying and pretend I said it.
Fingers crossed. Then you can complain about not trading the worthless 8th overall or something.
JR did the same - sat down and created their blue print after the dust settled under the 2 cups. Sullivan's idea was Jankowski's and Johnson. Under Hextall it was other shit that he would end up misusing as well.I think that's an outdated viewpoint.
Last year, he said he and Sully sat down and designed a team so yeah - Graves, Acciari, Eller, Nieto - that's the team built under the Sullivan-Dubas blueprint. Watching it not do well has made Dubas more aggressive on pursuing his version. Which he's been extremely clear on so...I guess I just don't see the logic or evidence that a 1x1.25mil deal for a depth forward is someone FSG putting a gun to Dubas's head on Sullivan's behalf?
You absolutely do. This franchise has a huge, storied history of trading off HHOFs and leading scorers to make a move. It's the very mythos of our whole 1st era-- Cullen and Zalapski for Francis, Jennings, and Sammuelsson! It's been kind of a mistake that we got away from that to be honest.
Maybe it'll be a selling point at the TDL when the Pens are sitting with like the 6th worst record in hockey and some contending team wants a depth boost for their run.
Yeah lmao the cup champs just shipped Huberdeau and Weegar out the moment they could
Honestly, really, really bad would be a mitzvah. This team is probably going to be two spots out of the playoffs and draft like 12th.
I agree.
I'm not excited for anyone we got today. But I do think the amount of prospects we're bringing in lately is meaningful.
IMO that mindset killed the era more than anything of recent note.
Hawks - shit franchise example I know, knew it was time to say bye to Kane and Toews. Does it change their legacy for the cups? No. The sexual assault does. Again, side tracked. Bad example.
In 2027 Team President and GM Mike Sullivan is going to f***ing cook with those picks mate.
