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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
The off season moves in isolation were defensible if you are ok with the veteran UFA approach but not many at the time thought he was addressing what needed to be fixed.
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I think the reality is he just ran out of money with the cap flat lining and with so much uncertainty around Covid and the season in general and the upcoming expansion draft I think the trade market became almost non existent.
I’m sure the hole in the forwards was obvious but I don’t think there were a lot of good options. Even with the roster as is, I’m not sure anyone could have predicted how poorly our top forwards would perform. Monahan, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Tkachuk, Backlund, have all underperformed and been inconsistent.
The biggest notable is Johnny and Monny playing like shadows of their former selves. That said, my eyes see Johnny playing some of his hardest hockey and best defense of his career just now. But the spark, drive, creativity and offense is still not at the level it was.