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ComixZone · 07-01-2014, 01:45 PM

I really don't understand how people think rebuilds work. We need hard working, gritty, smash mouth hockey players in order to establish our identity as one of the meanest teams in the league. To do that, we can't ice a team of Byron and Butlers. Who cares if its an overpayment - its what the market dictated.

We have to build an environment on the ice where Johnny can go out there and rip it up - Engelland, Bollig, McGrattan all help do that. Fact is, we're going to get destroyed on the scoreboard by the insanely deep western conference this season. We have to find a way to make them pay for that.

07-01-2014, 01:45 PM	#183
ComixZone Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2008 Exp:	I really don't understand how people think rebuilds work. We need hard working, gritty, smash mouth hockey players in order to establish our identity as one of the meanest teams in the league. To do that, we can't ice a team of Byron and Butlers. Who cares if its an overpayment - its what the market dictated. We have to build an environment on the ice where Johnny can go out there and rip it up - Engelland, Bollig, McGrattan all help do that. Fact is, we're going to get destroyed on the scoreboard by the insanely deep western conference this season. We have to find a way to make them pay for that.