With the abysmal season that this was, I'm ready to ship anything and anyone out. Especially with a team that needs a culture change. Many of us are in "Blow it Up"! mode.
But as a team that many would agree has no intention of tearing it down and rebuilding, I fail to see how losing Gio in the expansion draft makes the team better. Wouldn't it just make the team slightly worse and make it that much more difficult to compete?
I would argue the biggest culture change has already happened with Sutter coming in. In may ways, he's the captain now.
Something I can maybe get behind is to look at next year as a refresh year. Make the moves you can. Let Gio go, allow the kids to develop and take on larger roles, retool the forwards. Trade one or more of the core top 6, and then take a run in 2023 with a refreshed and straightened out group.
But if they're going to keep trying to squeeze blood from a stone, I don't see how letting Gio go accomplishes that.
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