Quote:
Originally Posted by ComixZone
I hope the China trip also forces Tree to finalize his roster early in the summer, unlike previous years. We need to move beyond the discount bin signings at the very last moment before the season starts. Fix the team and get it in place early. Tree has struggled with his rosters to start the year every single year he's been here, and it has impacted the team.
|
I agree with this. Even though bringing in Jagr and Versteeg turned out to be decent moves hockey-wise, I don't think they put the team in the right mindset. They're trying to build this culture of "earned never given" yet what is this? You could argue that nobody stepped up and "earned" the spots those guys took, but if you think about the mindset in the room, what did Jagr or Versteeg do to earn the spots? It totally undermines what Flames management claimed they were trying to do.
Team-building is important and I think that's what preseason should be for. For some reason the Flames use preseason as tryouts.