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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Well I'm glad you now recognize they were great deadline acquisitions. How they played two years later and how the club was constructed post lockout isn't very relevant IMO.
I stand by my opinion this club needs to improve the top 9 for this year's playoffs. The three I referenced were top 9 (on that team) which is why I pointed out their playoff performance. It's a hometown example of how you don't need to sell the farm for one player when your team is more than one player away from being a contender. Giving Sutter a few more NHL calibre options up front would be huge. They don't need to be elite scorers or playmakers, since this team wins by shutting the other team down.
As for the bolded, why differentiate who is acquiring said players? Is it an attempt to deflect accountability or something? Not every discussion needs to be a referendum on Treliving. That's an unnecessary sidetrack to talking about what the club should be doing over the next few weeks.
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Again, I never said they were bad acquisitions. Not just “now”. I loved Marcus Nilson’s play. What I’m saying is that the players that have been acquired now are the same types of players. It’s just that they haven’t caught fire in the POs (and they are older so maybe they won’t). Now if you are advocating more guys like that, fine. I agree that there are a lot more middle six guys to get than skilled players. But a lot of this board will say the team is “throwing away assets again”.