When I think about improving our roster through trades, I am all on board for trading picks or redundant prospects for long term needs.
I would also be happy about using this year’s large remaining cap space to take on contending teams expiring cap dumps for picks and prospects so those teams can join this year’s TDL arms-race.
I don’t feel comfortable paying a premium for acquiring players like J.T. Miller or similar properties.
Looking forward, we would need to beat 3 of the following 7 teams in a seven game series. Boston, Toronto, Tampa Bay, Florida, Pittsburgh, Washington and Carolina just for the right to play Vegas or Colorado in another seven game series. That’s a tall order.
We have made strides as a team and benefited from the implosion of Philadelphia and Long Island. Let’s hope we don’t stray off our mission path on some fool’s errand.