For the past decade our coaches have done the same thing and gotten the same results. Over and over we’d see apologists say the player “needs to earn it” and the coach would continue to misuse them.
We’ve had scorched earth drafts worse than this. Mid to late 90s were a wasteland.
I'm not sure that will make us worse. Which its do you think they will be trading? Losing Drouin, Hoffman and Dadonov will have zero negative impact on our future performance. In fact, it might even help the team's performance with more dynamic youngsters vying to make an impression now that they finally have a chance to do as much.
St_louis is still going with a do your best approach. Rebuilding never came with the doctrine, "don't do too much so we don't ruin our chances of picking in the top-3."
There is no doctrine but there is a simple question...will we buy or sell veteran assets at TDL? That basically tells you if you are going for it or rebuilding.
Anderson is still a big part of this team. Trading him would mean Slaf and Dach would have to really step up their games. Let Andy stay so the young guys can just play without added pressure.
Trading Anderson's would be quite easily, especially as the GMs of this league overvalued the power forward stereotype. But it's probably more beneficial to keep him for the foreseeable future. But, one of him or Gallagher needs to be traded. And if it's Gallagher, expect a terrible trade for the habs so a team can absorb him contract
??? Dach has been a dominant transition player his entire career, his one strength has been gaining Ozone possession - which actually correlates with being able to drive a line on his own. His high IQ is helping facilitate the lines performance presently.
Players on long term deals simply don’t get dealt in season.
Yeah I meant in the summer, for both players. And I'd extend that to mid sized term contracts too
Gorton already said this past offseason, if Habs are in a playoff hunt at deadline they will be buyers
So they'll trade kids and picks to make the playoffs? Doesn't make any sense to me. That's what being a buyers at the deadline is. Nobody will trade vets for Hoffman and Dandonov at the deadline.
He was playing the same, he just wasn't playing with good players that's the difference.
we won't be. we have glaring weaknesses and no cap space.
so a 6 month retool where we drafted 1OA in a crap shoot year then we stretch to make the playoffs by selling off picks for rentals and miss out on perhaps the best draft year in a decade?? that will ensure that we stay mediocre for the next decade!
