Absolutely true, though you could point to those Vancouver/Colorado (wins)games as the starting point, pretty sure both were come behinds, they also lost big to Edmonton/Vancouver in the stretch going into this losing streak, so yeah, smoke was rolling for a minute. January was great, we get that, but it wasn't rolling like January through most of February and to act like it was cause January was so good is disingenuous to my side of the argument and dismissive.
MIGHT be true but it doesn't justify not selling pieces. Can't have it both ways. Thats my point more than anything. Then people want to spin it one way or another that this was the best course of action with the results it's provided. That there was no alternative course, this was the best action to take and I'm not buying it. Especially when I was sounding alarms before the TDL came and passed. I wasn't in the sell crowd, but I could have bought that more than this, this is absolutely the worst possible outcome for the Red Wings. I wanted to buy to sustain a playoff run. Just one win, or even one OT loss makes things look different, MAYBE a player somewhere would have changed just one game. What I do know now pretty confidently (not mathematically proven yet, still got games) making no moves cost you a playoff spot along with future draft picks/assets and you let a lot walk for nothing, possibly including prospects.
*Edit, if they make a HUGE turn around and do make the playoffs... Yzerman will look alright, for now I think I'm more than justified to whine. I also am not giving them enough credit for whoopin on the blues/capitals/flames but that was with a healthy Larkin.