[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Has a decade of being a "contender for the playoffs" without actually being good enough to do anything while there, not taught you anything?

Not to single you out, but it ceases to amaze me how many people keep wanting to go after these old guys still whenever they come up. We need to build a contender for the Stanley Cup, not the playoffs. There's no short term fix here.

Thanks for the lecture. I've said the same thing here a few times. You build a team to win the cup, not to make the playoffs. What I'm saying is that we could go that route and Feaster seems to think it's a good idea since he went after Lecavalier. If you're going to go after and get that player than you have to go after some other high end UFAs. If you look at my opening post, I suggested going after a player who could play top 4 for a couple of years until some of our prospects are ready for that role. I suggested Ference or a couple of other middling defencemen who wouldn't put us over the top but would make our defence respectable.

Here's how I ended that post.

My biggest fear is Feaster spending money on players just because he can and not taking care of our needs.

I guess I should have said long term needs instead of needs but you get my drift.

I also guess I shouldn't have used the term optimistic in relation to going for high end UFAs to make the playoffs as I got into a little war of words but at the beginning of every season I'm optimistic in some form or another.

and yeah, you singled me out.