TageGod
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You can pose things without such an obvious bias towards attacking Adams. You are also basically stating Adams view of the team is their previous years performance, which is...typical?Yeah. I agree he can't assess needs either. I just think step 1 is assessing what you have, and then step 2 you can move on to what you need.
It's impossible to know what you need if you don't know what you have.
Adams assessment of the team hasn't lined up with reality.
2020-21:
Pegula thought we were: Taylor Hall away from the cup. So he got us Tay tay
Reality: Kreuger
2021-22:
The Eichel situation caused Adams to tank: Tanking. Losing Ullmark for nothing. Eichel situation, trading away Reinhart and Risto, etc. He added the bare minimum to fill out roster spots while spending to the cap floor.
Reality: They were bad.
2022-23:
Adams thought we were: still a 75 point team and that the end of season growth was a mirage (Why would anyone expect this team to compete already?). His off season moves reflect that. He made no real additions. Still at the cap floor.
Reality: Overperformed in a clear rebuilding year
2023-24
Adams thought we were: a 95+ point team if we ran it back with Internal Growth
Reality: Underperformed first year out of the rebuild, Coach failures.
2024-25
Adams thinks: needed to reshape the bottom 6 (Smart). Thinks the defense is set (It is, Byram is a huge outside addition that has barely played here.). Is counting on the top 6 to take a step forward with no outside additions (Zucker. Top 5 is good, bounce backs are reasonable. Benson potential to grow into top 6).
Reality: to be determined
This is a long post that really could have just said "do something Kevyn".