Quote:
Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Somewhere in between of hold the line and tear it down would have been the best path. No scorched earth, but coming to terms with pieces that won’t be here long term and opening up some room for the next wave of talent. Those decisions need to be made regardless because of cap and the climbing salaries of Huby and Weegar.
Toffoli, Backlund, those should have been seriously explored IMO. Coming to terms with that direction less than 2 days before the deadline, when first round picks were flying around, would have been something that made a lot of sense.
|
My questions with stuff like this are:
- who says they didn’t explore moving Toffoli/Backlund?
- why was this trade deadline (where teams generally gear up for the playoffs, less so for the next season) so important, especially given the lack of forwards with term moved?
- why wouldn’t guys like Toffoli/Backlund have more value to teams building for next year in the offseason, or more value to teams building for the playoffs next TD as expiring contracts?
I think it’s easy to say “they should’ve done _____” but I haven’t seen many reasons
why it had to be now vs later nor any evidence they didn’t try to do anything.