Darth Vitale
Dark Matter
I would have drafted a forward with the #8 pick after we dealt Staal. I would not have totally given up on drafting forwards because look at our forward prospect pool now, it has to be one of the worst in the league. Since we don't have young players cracking the roster, we continually have to sign scrubs like Kobasew. I would have bought out Glass.
A-OK. Now we have this, since Forsberg was the best F available at that slot.
Kunitz - Sid - Dupuis
Juice - Geno - Forsberg
Jeffrey - Sutter - Kobasew
Adams - Vitale - Megna
Yah that's really going to light the world on fire. BTW he's got 4 pts in 9 games and a -7 on one of the best defensive teams in the league.
I'm not suggesting that I know more than Shero, but I just want a new GM to come here and starry cutting the fat.
Yes, you pretty much ARE suggesting you know more but now that you have to back it up, you're probably seeing his options weren't as obvious and far-reaching as you inferred numerous times. Cut the fat?? What fat? Fat is usually meant to infer highly paid players who are not that talented / who don't put up many points. Like paying Michael Ryder or Ryane Clowe 5M a year.... that would be "fat" to be cut. We don't really have anyone like that. Other than our top players, our payscale is pretty lean by most contenders' standards. Maybe Fleury could be considered to fit this category but hey, if we'd bought him out like we all wanted we'd be about 3-8 right now because Zatkoff would be our starter and we'd be scrounging up any G trade we could muster, with zero leverage to get a good deal.
The pens are stuck with a stale roster. Dupuis and Kunitz are glued to the hips of Sid for 4 more years. That's unacceptable, sorry.
OK. At least here you have an arguable point. Both have trade clauses although IMO it would be pretty easy to trade either one of them if we had to. Those are the type of players a lot of teams would like to have. Up-and-coming teams like Colorado, Columbus, Winnipeg... so then the question is, who do you think comes back for the same or less money, who will do better?
Again, show us the obvious alternative.
Bring in a GM who doesn't strictly hoard / draft bottom pairing dmen.
Pretty sure Pouliot, Maatta, Harrington, Despres are not likely to be bottom pairing D their whole career. Maybe what you ought to do before posting (and this is just my opinion -- others might think I'm crazy) is think about what you're really trying to say, and then say it in a way that does not include a lot of hyperbole or exaggerated effects of some move or non-move you don't like. And in any case, provide more backing for your claims. FWIW.