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Originally Posted by Vedder
People act like this is the simplest decision in the world. You lose a bunch of money with a bottom feeder following the Iginla era. You build up a roster that is finally competitive, and your young stars leave. Are you immediately reverting to the rebuild without trying to salvage a competitive roster?
Easiest take to make in the world with very little skin in the game.
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Yeah I get it but there was some middle ground. They had to make the Tkachuk trade sure. But they didn't have to sign kadri and move monahan and a 1st. They didn't have to sign huberdeau and weegar to massive contracts before they played a game.
If they didn't instantly sign Huberdeau we would have had alot of flexibility to pivot if this season failed. Huberdeau also may have been hungrier for his next contract.
Overall I like the things Brad has done but he reactionarily dove headfirst into this plan destroying any potential off ramps in doing so and its blowing up in our faces.
Unfortunately, there will be lots of excuses and little changes. They will do lip service and say the games are close but too many little mistakes and people need to play better and chemistry takes time and they have a hard schedule and and and. Truth is team is old and locked up long term. They cant risk giving out potentially high picks. The only way out is hopping that it turns around internally.