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Originally Posted by Bingo
I honestly don't know why I'm so calm about all this ... but I think it was the playoffs last year that made me think "this is broken", and "they're either going to fix this or they're not"
So yeah if they came out storming this year it would be fun, but I'd have this nagging feeling that something wasn't sorted out yet.
Now they bottom out in November and either gut check, change their style and become a team that can handle adversity and the ramp up come April ... or they won't and the team will re-tool.
The good news for me is the fact that this isn't a 34/28/12 hang on phase, the team has plenty of good young players, if they move a player to change the room they're not starting over.
They have their picks this year too (minus a 4th I think) so there's that.
One way or another just figure out what you have this year and act accordingly in a measured and process driven way.
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I think I’ve come around to a similar train of thought.
I look at Colorado, and how they exploded one year and then tumbled back down through the standings. Is Gaudreau our Duchene?
As you’ve pointed out, simply from a selling perspective this team is incredibly well positioned. Brodie, Hamonic, Talbot, Frolik as pending UFAs - it’s not wild to think that we could be looking at two 1st round picks, and then two picks in that 5th-7th round range.
Then Treliving continues to assess who fits and who doesn’t going forward, and what he needs to improve upon (Centre depth?, general organizational depth as a whole).
I’m a season ticket holder, and never miss games - and I’d be far happier to see the team sell pieces this year and restructure a few things then double down on what I now think is a fundamentally flawed roster structure.
It being one of those “deep” drafts also gives me hope.