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Originally Posted by AcGold
I think people weren't expecting and more hoping for some glimmer of the future, some development and direction which as of right now is zero.
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The hope and glimmer is mostly in the AHL and junior right now. The hope and glimmer currently on the team includes Brodie, Giordano, Monahan, Colborne, Backlund, Russell and Bouma (as a role player). The developing is occurring mostly in the AHL and junior. The direction? It's pretty clear, we're rebuilding. I'm not sure what you mean by direction.
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Originally Posted by AcGold
With the previous GM being fired, no real current GM and a head of hockey ops running the show that is known to be impatient it's cause for concern that this team has zero direction and isn't really being guided to anything.
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I'm not really sure what you mean again here. We're rebuilding, that's the direction. We're being guided by Burke. While he admits he is impatient he hasn't shown much yet here and until he makes a move that we should really regret there's not much point worrying about something that may never happen is there?
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Originally Posted by AcGold
There is the real potential for this team to get worse should Stajan, Glencross, Cammy and Stempniak all leave us as ufa's. If our asset base continues to depreciate we are in danger of being the worst team for multiple years. Current management gives me no faith in our ability to get decent returns on trades.
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I have more faith in Burke to get decent returns on trades than Feaster. Why are you so skeptical about Burke? He's got a pretty good track record as has been pointed out many times. Feaster's track record was a lot worse and should have given us more cause for concern than Burke's. Burke is a guy who turned Francois Beauchemin into Joffrey Lupul and Jake Gardiner. Burke is a guy who turned Stajan, Hagman and White into Phaneuf. Burke is the guy who acquired Pronger. Burke is the guy who traded to get both Sedins at the draft. Feaster has almost nothing comparable to Burke's best deals.
If Burke turns our UFA's into picks/prospects then our asset base hasn't been depreciated at all although as you point out the team may become immediately weaker.
Glencross still has another year so talk of him leaving as an UFA seems premature.