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I am just tired of always wait until next season. Essentially everyone agrees with that the rest of East Teams have done and the CBJ essentially stood pat and may be marginally better. Now I will say DW did say this is what they were going to do so he didn’t try to blow sunshine and rainbows to the CBJ fans.
With that being said I don’t see on paper and previous seasons history what teams in the east we are going to pass?
Detroit - nope
Ottawa - nope, added goaltending and defense
Washington - nope, beat us last year and upgraded pieces
Boston - nope, beat us last year and added center depth
Carolina - nope
Tampa - nope, added Jackets killer Jake G
Florida - nope, beat the doors off us
New York Rangers - nope
New York Islanders - nope
New Jersey - nope, revamped defense and goaltending
Pittsburgh- nope and on-going bad joke
Philadelphia - possibly
Montreal - possibly
Toronto - nope, added pieces on defense
Buffalo - nope
Columbus - addition by subtraction on defense, added a few vets, subtract Laine, keep same goaltending, switch coaches.
How is that for reality. Not being a pessimist but a realist. I am going to touch grass and ignore CBJ news until October.
I get it ... I was a Day 1 season ticket holder (S105, RC S19&20) and held those seats for well over a decade. So I've been hoping for a turn-around for 25 years now!
What I see with Wads is refreshing. Build from the center and D ... that's basically how just about every winning team was built. He also see's that we're a few years from really turning it around though, so why overshoot and overpay now (I.e. don't be Jarmo 2.0 ... who may have been great at drafting but had NO IDEA how to build a team).
I believe he knows we're not going to be good this year, so this year is about trimming the fat/dead weight (Bean, Boqvist, etc), changing the attitude of the club, making us a bit more difficult to play against and figuring out what to do with a few bad contracts.
All that, while getting the young guns more time to develop.
Hopefully by improving the D (players and system) he can get Merz playing well enough to make that contract tradable. Laine, who knows with him.