You keep saying "quick fix" despite me refuting it repeatedly. Wanting to constantly improve the roster is the opposite of a quick fix. If you want to argue with a wall, be my guest.
"grow organically" a meaningless statement in this context.
You say that I'm expecting a 'flip of a switch' when I very clearly have told you this will take time.
Improve the roster? Sure. If there's a trade out there that does that long term? Nobody is opposed. Why would they be?
Saying we NEED to do it and that our top six sucks? No.
I've explained why and how the top6 sucks, I've made a post showing how far our top6 is from that of recent cup-winners. It's a matter of your insistence that our top6 is good (compared to what, a AHL team?) and that Roy (who isn't even a full fledged NHLer) could be hotswapped for Gallagher in case Roy doesn't make the team.
You have done nothing of the kind.
You are taking a good point made by DAChampion and extrapolating it out of context. That's our lack of depth outside the top six. And in the event of an injury we'd have to rely on a player like Gallagher... okay, that's true. For the moment we don't have the offensive depth that we would like to have. But that will be shortly rectified by Demidov and others on the way.
Our top six is a completely different question. I don't see how anyone can argue that Newhook and Dach aren't solid secondary scorers. They're young, coming into their prime and should be just fine in that role. Roy is a different story but I think it makes sense to play him there for development purposes. If we bring someone else in, it knocks Roy to the third. Personally, I'd rather him higher up because I think he'll benefit from playing with better players.
I'll ask you again: What are your point projections for Dach, Newhook and Roy?
Montreal was 26th of 32 in GF last year
Montreal lost Dach for the full season. Caufield shot at a mind bogglingly bad 5 percent in the slot. Newhook had injuries right when he was getting hot. We have Hutson joining the club. Slaf is going to be better as well.
I'm not worried about our offense. I am worried about our health. But that's true for any team.
I'd like for them to play meaningful games throughout the season no matter the outcome. That means they need to score more and play with more skill and guile. If one of the top6 players goes down we have nobody to slot in.
That may happen anyway. Might as well see what we've got.
If we need a B12 shot midway through the year, we can look at making a move then. But there's no hurry to do it now.
If we really want to make the playoffs this year, then we should get a vet defenseman on the right side. Trade Matheson for him. That moves Guhle back to the left and we'd be a much, much better team. I'd prefer we grow that group orgainically as well but if it's a quick fix move, then do it on the D.