Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
All teams have misses and makes, but it's the sheer number costly misses that warrants criticism. Guys they specifically targeted like Raymond, Bollig, Brouwer, Hiller, Elliott, Lazar, Shinkaruk, Freddie Hamilton, Lack, Jokipakka, Grossman and now Neal, Czarnik, Ryan and Mike Smith have been disappointments especially for their combined cap hits over the next however many years. It's not even just the misses, it's also giving up on useful players like Paul Byron, Sven Baertschi, Markus Granlund and etc.
It's a prudent move to analyze specific parts of the organization to see if the performance fits the bill. I remember this place going all "In Darryl Sutter We Trust" and look how that turned out. I'm not even saying they're doing a poor job, we're a good team right now. But what I am saying is that, same mistakes are being made that could come back to haunt this team down the road.
The Brouwer argument has more to do with posts I made the other day about fit. Brouwer didn't fit here, but that doesn't mean he sucks. Same situation with James Neal, he was also successful elsewhere, but why is the current style and construction of this team is not a good fit for him and those others right now. These are the types of intellectually honest conversations I would hope this organization is having.
Lastly, I didn't mention a thing about Monahan, so not sure where you were hoping to go with that. But I still stand very firmly on my argument that this team needs more playmakers who can turn average goal scorers into excellent ones instead of looking for goal scorers who scored because of favorable situations. Or at the very least, find a player who has the ability to create their own shot and score from a distance. Something Neal, Brouwer, Raymond and etc did not display here.
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