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Originally Posted by Blaster86
I agree that what the new regime has done isn't really much of anything, but I think the situation they inherited just didn't have much movement that could be done. Team is cap strapped with very few assets to move to try and improve the situation. The reality is, the team needs to move on from one of their top-9 fan favourite forwards to fix this. Hell, it may even need to be two. Miller was the obvious option, but they turned around and brought him back. Now Horvat is the obvious option. One of Garland or Boeser probably should go too. Will they? Ehh, hard to trade that kind of player. Very hard to trade them and get the value you feel they are worth back when everyone knows you're desperate.
But the only way it gets better is if you excise the tumour. The tumour, in this case, being the roster construction they inherited but are for some reason being reluctant to change.
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If I was a Vancouver fan I'd be so choked about that OEL trade. Garland is a good add, but the cap hits that they moved would have expired in a calendar year and they'd be out of jail now with a guy like Guenther or Sillinger in the fold.
Such a head scratcher to go and miss the playoffs anyway.