[Cobra]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

As has been the case, the challenge BT had was being handed a very poor asset base overall. One of the worst in the league.

As I posted a while back:

He had:
- A weak prospect base (if I'm looking at the right year it boasted the likes of Emile Poirier, Sven kicking around, Markus Granlund, Bill Arnold, Morgan Klimchuk, Corban Knight...they then added Sam, Mason McDonald, Hunter Smith, Brandon Hickey - in the 2014 draft.) Hardly a stellar group
- No #1 goalie. The previous year had Ramo, Ortio, MacDonald and Berra. Yuck. You can say you shouldn't overpay for a #1 when re-building but you need one either way.
- A leading scorer the previous year that had 54 points in 75 games.
- A top goal scorer the previous year with 26 goals in 63 games, who walked as a UFA.

Again he had some young talent coming for sure. But the most important thing is the assets to work with. He had
- One of the worst prospect bases
- A very poor roster

But some young talent coming and some cap space.

And after 7 years he has made this team better?