You shouldn’t be bringing in difference makers at the deadline.
Agree mostly w/small disagree
You should ALWAYS take advantage of opportunity whenever possible, GM should not be closed down from doing business except Good Friday and Yom Kippur. Otherwise 360+ days/yr.
But as and for a planned strategy, concur.
You should have already been pro active sufficiently so while remaining vigilant 24/7, you are not desperate come deadline, which = overpay concessions advanced/required by trade partners, and possibly also slim pickings on what players may be available in trade.
It is important here to work smarter, more than to work harder.
That includes thinking both inside, and a la bern, outside the box, and trying to fullest extent possible winning trades, not as much as for payment vs overpayment, but rather to emphasize CURRENCY. Less overall talent acquired/surrendered what players are we adding/subtracting?
I’m ready to try Othmann or burning a year of Perrault to play with Mika and Kreider at this point. Hell, I’ll even go full Bernmeister and say try Rempe up there. At least it’ll be entertaining. Rosloshit should be a healthy scratch.
Welcome to team bern.
But we need to remember, bern is correct/incorrect on the merits [like everybody else].
I am saying to avoid desperation/undesired results, you NEED to do shit, sometimes unpleasant shit, but REAL shit, earlier in the year. Theory into practice? Consider, e.g., .....
Edstrom looked good LAST yr. Should have gotten mo mins THEN AND NOW.
Rempe. Not just entertaining. Effective. Needs to be here. NOW, like before.
Robertson. I get Scanlin, not truly ready, ok. But Robbie? Even if he craps the bed, I want to know what we have/don't have. I want him and other youth to get FULL support and COMPLETE, LEGIT shot.
Well we signed Gus. He's been good on balance, uneven but ok +. But he is running out of steam more frequently now, and has been for coupla months. We should have signed him like we did for crazy reasonable terms. But we should, esp vs weaker competition, have given youth mo mins -> development -> results.
Wennberg. Superior pushing but not elite def F. Ok. Place for him as a 4th liner, NOT higher on a checking line if he is good w/el cheapo special contract. If not, don't give rat's ass about door hitting him on the way out. Guy is a black hole offensively. And that can still possibly MAYBE be a fit 4th line, but not to help develop 3 full, complete, 2 way lines. Sure there is always a Ryan Strome guy who sucks ass w/everybody else but inexplicably is magic w/bread.
Wenn should not be pivot for Cuylle-KK, who demonstrate chem and should not be broken up.
That's it for today.
I hope for the best this season, if we play to fullest, I give us 52-28 edge over Panthers, our toughest in conference op. We can be objective about who emerges WC when that happens; on paper so far 'nucks skated circles around us and totally dominated, but otherwise it may be a contest.
bern will continue to suggest solutions
be prepared to deal vets for youth and take chances
We are a high quality team but we are not above the need to improve, and that will mean both taking risks and being open to selling high even on guys like LaF, b'c truth is, we need more horses, and we need to be honest about that.
peace out
