Yeah nice culture if you like losing, lol.
Tank might not put up the same numbers, but he's still more talented offensively than anyone on the team. That's how you make a team better is by having more talent. Pretty simple concept you seem to be completely ignoring just because he might not have the same stats.
Domi's contract would have been covered 80% by insurance, meanwhile Francis dropped $35 mil on Grubby. Either way, if you're worried about spending money, you don't buy a sports team. Up until the salary cap, most hockey teams lost money. Spending $2B and then trying to save a couple million is idiotic if you think about it, that's like building a house and not paying for shingles. You either go all out or you stay out. Pinching pennies at the wrong time is how you lose money in a business.
Also, why was Francis blowing money in FA if teh owners were concerned about pinching pennies? Seems like that's not what they were doing at all anyways.
I said it before, Francis has a captured audience the first season, but he won't last unless his draft picks are all homeruns because this team is unwatchable.
And yeah, I hated the coaching selection too, and that's also on Francis..
This team was going to lose a fair amount regardless, they are a friggin expansion team.
The culture targeted was to bring in guys that put in extra work, First to the rink, last to leave type of guys. Guys that spent extra-time in the weightroom on layoffs. They were never going to bring in guys like Voracek that have big reputations for over indulging in city nightlife.
Next, smart spending does not = pinching pennies. Investing in character vets to lead the way for building an expansion team is different than not throwing money at players that are at a high risk of not playing. Yet you keep referring to the concept as penny pinching. If you can not understand how the two are very different, then you will never understand our position here on the board, (or the motivation for this organization).
The team knew they were taking Gourde who was going to be out for a while to start the season. There was no way they were going to select another 14 million in contracts for the injury questionable guys you wanted them to take. That is safe investing, not penny pinching.
Lastly, we have covered this before, but maybe you missed it. Insurance would not have covered 80 percent of Domi's contract. First of all, there are the premiums that have to be paid. Second, Domi would have to miss 30% of the season before insurance would kick in. The amount of the contract that would be reimbursed *could* be up to 80% for the eligible time once it kicks in. And since we don't know the details of the policy, it could be quite a bit lower than the 80% maximum. and if he missed what he was expected to, Insurance would not have covered hardly any of it, but he would not have been available to play.
Many of us have repeatedly expressed these opinions in responses to you in this thread when you continue to come in here to cater to the trolls and misrepresenting our positions, while pretending everything is fact despite all positions in this argument being strictly speculation. It is a douchey practice. Don't misrepresent other. No one appreciates it.
You want to argue that the team would be better with Tarasenko than Dunn, that is you opinion and you are welcome to argue it. Many of us disagree, but we can agree to disagree. You want to argue the team would be better with the defensively challenged Domi cherry picking every shift? His stats are not overwhelming, and while Seattle may have put up more goals with him in the lineup, I tend to think that they would be giving up more than the amount they gained, so we can once again agree to disagree.
