1. The ages are right.
2. I didn't miss anyone.
3. The wings have $10m in capspace at the moment.
4. By "Cap Model" I guess you're referring to them not having players as good as Matthews and Marner.
5. Zadina and Velena aren't new guys they're guys that have been there and right now are on the outside looking jn on a team that finished 25th.
Question: is it really that hard for you to deal with real facts when they clash with your uninformed opinion?
Uninformed opinion you say? Well the first time I did it from memory, this time I'll include the link from CapFriendly that provides the picture and the proof contrary to your strong preferences.
1.
Detroit : Ned is 26. The ages are not entirely right. Which is consistent with my comment that you FACTUALLY missed a few.
2.
Detroit : You missed
Filip Zadina as one example. He played 74 games last season. So you missed at least one on the roster that doesn't accord to your slant.
Joe Veleno played 66 games as another example.
Ask any Wings fan worth their salt and they will know the names Berggren, Edvinsson and Soderblom as ones with a reasonable projection to be a Red Wing if not this season than certainly next. Their ages don't accord with your bias so I understand more now about the omissions such as they are.
3.
Detroit : Right. I'm not sure the gotcha inclusion element of this will have gone as you imagined, but if you look at committed dollars for the 2023-2024 season and compare it with
Toronto ...Well...Let's just be gracious and give you the benefit of the doubt that you didn't bother to look at the column after this upcoming season before your excess of confidence compelled you to post.
Oh and then there's draft picks.
4. By cap model I mean the plain numbers provided in the links that demonstrate the difference between immobility and a limitation of options going forward in order to maintain integrity (ie Toronto) and Detroit who will do next free agent season what they did this season.
Detroit doesn't have Matthews and Marner or Tavares as if that's the feather in your best stewarding of resources argument, correct. And when Dylan Larkin and Bertuzzi re-sign, they might not make as much as a re-signed Matthews or a re-signed Marner. Both of which make more than Kucherov, Point, MacKinnon, etc, etc...as if the point needs to be repeated for the potential horror it will become when we have to offer Matthews $14M to stay and Marner about $11-12M.
And have a gander at the draft picks.
5. Joe Veleno has played of 71 games. He's a new addition who graduated from Grand Rapids this past season. The excluded Zadina is outside looking in. But this past season was his first full season. With this summer's acquisitions, he's hard pressed to remain. Especially with Berggren knocking on the door, Raymond having replaced his promise and Soderblom a serious threat.
And so what if they finished this past season in 25th place.
In 2015-2016 Toronto finished with 69 points and placed...
In 2016-2017 having drafted Matthews Toronto finished with 95 points where our goals for went from 27th...to 5th.
And you're straight-faced going to claim that what Detroit added won't provide substantial difference?
Not to mention the draft picks.
So to your last question:
is it really that hard for you to deal with real facts when they clash with your uninformed opinion?
Perhaps an important question here is:
What do you think my (uninformed?) opinion is?
CapFriendly links provided for anyone to conclude who is uninformed here. Our previous comments are time-stamped and numbered. What you mean by "real facts" and "uninformed opinion" is found in that always expanding, incantational dictionary entitled: The Gaslighter's Guide to Guile.
