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Originally Posted by gamesaver
The problem with this approach is you are going to lose value on assets you have over time. Is it possible Huberdeau is going to find his game next year under Sutter and return as a point per game player? Well it is possible, but is it probable? It isn't. So in span of two years, you have lost a value of 100+ points, 24 years old in Tkachuk into 40+ points player that is 30+ years old in Huberdau, costing 10 million a year. What about Markstrom, does he bounce back? Is it probable he will turn back into 91%+ goalie? If not, what is his value then? What about Kadri, is he showing signs of being able to turn it around?
All these questions are pending, and if those answers are negative, one year from now you are in so much worse position than today. Asking for patience and hoping for the best can lead into a total disaster. And it is more likely to happen than the miraculous turnaround, all things considered.
I believe as many others the team has missed a prime time for rebuild last summer, but closing eyes and hiding from the reality is gonna make it ever worse. It's like sitting on a sinking titanic and saying "Let's wait a couple minutes and if we are drowning by then, maybe we have a problem.."
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Huby was well over ppg in the previous 4 seasons. I'd say it's more likely than not that he gets back around there, regardless of the coach. Tkachuk and Gaudreau each put up triple digits under this same coach.
Kadri is delivering statistically exactly as should be expected (unless you were dumb enough to expect a repeat of his outlier season). It's probably more frustrating to watch than expected.
Markstrom is a much bigger question mark. But that's true of nearly every goalie in the league. Vasi, Shesterkin, and maybe Saros/Oettinger/Hellebuyck/Ullmark/Sorokin are about the only guys you can feel like 99.9% confident in. But I bet at least one of those guys "sucks" next year, too (though unlikely to JM's depths this year). Even Shesterkin's numbers plummeted further this year than you'd ever expect.