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Originally Posted by moon
Sure it is no guarantee but it seems to be how most, if not all, people are judged in their job and so far this group has shown 0 hockey sense. They have made poor trades, poor UFA signings, by their own admission badly misjudged the talent on this team and where they were, made an awful offer to Brad Richards and f'ed up the ROR (not just the risk of losing picks but being dumb enough to make the offer sheet.) There is no reason to think going forward that they are going to suddenly gain hockey sense and start making good decisions now.
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I get that the team has made some mistakes and if I lived my life based on the mistakes i've made in the past there would be no hope for the future. People can and do change. That said it appears whatever I say going forward won't change your mind so i'll leave it at that.
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They aren't giving up good it just means more secondary/crap players to overpay and help us get to 10th spot. Meaningful, young players which this team needs are not going to be bought out.
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You are speculating as to what players are given buyouts. If teams want to hold onto their core players some will have to rid themselves of prospects who are on entry level contracts or those looking to sign their second contracts. Or teams buying out some of their good players in an attempt to make room for their prospects. To overpay there would have to be a bidding war - something I don't see happening with many teams shedding contracts to meet the lower cap.