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Originally Posted by Poe969
It's funny though, anyone who predicted this would happen was criticized and called "Debbie Downer" or made fun of.
This team needs to be run like a business if it wants to succeed.
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Anyone who views things objectively and without flames jammies on gets called debbie downer. But it never stops reality from setting in all the same. This was always gonna happen, it's bad news in the moment, oh well.
The good news for the people that deluded themselves into thinking this was gonna play out any other way is long term this is actually good for the franchise's chances of really pushing through to the next level. We'll rebuild, won't be tied to a depreciating star that was never able to deliver playoff success in his prime on RFA contracts. Yeah it'll suck for a bit, for sure the next few years, but then things will turn around and i'd say maybe 2-3 seasons from now you'll all be breathing a sigh of relief and wondering at how you could have been so caught up in that player. We saw the limit of the Gaudreau era here, time to move on before commit to spending another 8 years going nowhere.