100% agree on the consistence piece. That should be something we see more often from a player like him regardless of contracts.
In fairness, some of us frequently talk about how great of a run this team has been on to get shit on around here because we didn't win the Cup or make the right big moves or have the same coach still or whatever. There is a reason why I have maintained that I think we'll be in that territory again this season. I'm going that way until a fall off actually happens for a whole season.
I mean I also think that we eventually need to bring some hardware home for more people to really notice. Falling flat on our faces in the playoffs during this run does make it a bit easier to dismiss how good this team has been. That being said, if we do win a Cup with this core, it flips the entire narrative on its head and you're suddenly talking about how Dundon created a monster from the ashes when he bought the franchise.
No doubt. I think we as fans should still enjoy the hell out of this ride regardless. But we'll always get the Sharks comparisons if we don't win.
The search function tells me I have done the "WHL is empty and all the bantams are here" joke three times already.
it's certainly a way to bolster income around the team/franchise without really doing much in terms of HRR. It could allow Tom to inject more money into the team as a bit of a write-off while still being a positive on the valuation of the team as a whole. Whether or not that's what he does with it is for Tom to decide but the guy likes winning, and that's probably the best way to help more in that regard.
I know this topic is a about media. But if we win, I can already see how it doesn't matter and it's bad for the league or something. You know "lucky because X and Y was injured, referees sucked and Uranus had an anomaly in its orbit". It would be just icing on the cake for me.
Clearly the definition is: winning at least 1 round each year and making it to the ECF 2 times in 6 years.
