And the good folks around here were reprimanding me for not being fully onboard with the idea that Zito is some sort of messiah GM. The dude lucked out by identifying a bunch of mercenaries who were eager to turn their careers around but that's not the same thing as building a proper SC contending team.
Just look at his wording.... "Are we building a team that can ultimately challenge for a Cup? I'm convinced we're doing that and we're doing that in the fashion we set out to do it." In other words, he thinks that he's building a championship caliber team but that's not to say that'll come into fruition this season or in the following... he's on his way to become another Tallon who preaches about how bright the future is and how the Panthers just need a bit more time and yada yada. Love this quote too: "I'm not going to look at something that should be working and [overreact]" as if he didn't overreact at the previous TDL.