Roster Building XXII: Too Many Forwards, Hopefully One Cup

[Blueline Bomber]

Well this board has thought many things that are wrong and its opinion are irrelevant (mine included). We missed Pesce and Fast a heck of more than any impact Guentzel had in the playoffs. He made little impact on the PP and the PK + right side of the defense was torched in the playoffs

Okay, but that's literally hindsight bias. There was no way to know Pesce or Fast would get hurt, so to suggest that we should have traded for a shutdown defenseman instead of an offensive threat is simply wrong, given what the team needed at the time.

And again, Guentzel was one of (if not THE) most successful trade deadline acquisition this organization has ever had. You can waive away his point totals like they don't matter, but that's doing a serious disservice to the impact he had.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Okay, but that's literally hindsight bias. There was no way to know Pesce or Fast would get hurt, so to suggest that we should have traded for a shutdown defenseman instead of an offensive threat is simply wrong, given what the team needed at the time.

And again, Guentzel was one of (if not THE) most successful trade deadline acquisition this organization has ever had. You can waive away his point totals like they don't matter, but that's doing a serious disservice to the impact he had.

Im pretty sure our 2nd round exit did all the service necessary to his impact. He did nothing to change the issue this team has had for 5 off-seasons. Also shows the unnecessary drive for trade deadline rentals. But hey at least we have his points we can high five about

 

[hblueridgegal]

Carrier is back so I conclude RBA’s new injury description of “little more sting to it.“ is longer than a day but is not weeks:

https://x.com/i/web/status/1838605142091760073

Wish this experiment could evolve into something real: Svechnikov - Suzuki - Necas

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Im pretty sure our 2nd round exit did all the service necessary to his impact. He did nothing to change the issue this team has had for 5 off-seasons. Also shows the unnecessary drive for trade deadline rentals. But hey at least we have his points we can high five about

Well, unless Guentzel suddenly strapped on the pads, I'm not sure why you expected him to fix the issue the team has had for 5 off-seasons.

Unless you mean the powerplay, which is a hilarious take, because it relies on the notion that one player can cause the success or failure of a unit of players. Yep, it's definitely Jake's fault that our PP did the disappearing act in the playoffs again, and the fact that he himself couldn't fix that issue is a knock against him. Surely there's one player out there that will fix the obvious system issue

 

[CanesUltimate11]

Well, unless Guentzel suddenly strapped on the pads, I'm not sure why you expected him to fix the issue the team has had for 5 off-seasons.

Unless you mean the powerplay, which is a hilarious take, because it relies on the notion that one player can cause the success or failure of a unit of players. Yep, it's definitely Jake's fault that our PP did the disappearing act in the playoffs again, and the fact that he himself couldn't fix that issue is a knock against him. Surely there's one player out there that will fix the obvious system issue

Prime Ovi or maybe present day McDavid. But I might hesitate on McDavid since as awesome as he is someone still needs to finish his setups.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Well, unless Guentzel suddenly strapped on the pads, I'm not sure why you expected him to fix the issue the team has had for 5 off-seasons.

Unless you mean the powerplay, which is a hilarious take, because it relies on the notion that one player can cause the success or failure of a unit of players. Yep, it's definitely Jake's fault that our PP did the disappearing act in the playoffs again, and the fact that he himself couldn't fix that issue is a knock against him. Surely there's one player out there that will fix the obvious system issue

Yea, asking Guentzel to fix our awfully predictable PP scheme of smash from the point is a ridiculous sticking point. The team also suffered in general when he was taken from Aho-Jarvis and replaced with Svech because they had like 1 off-game together?