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SeanCharles · 03-11-2023, 12:23 PM

The problem is this organization refuses to build a team the right way. They have no patience and want to cheat the process.

The list of players on the team we have drafted:

Mangiapane
Backlund
Dube
Pelletier
Ruzicka
Andersson

Out of all these players only Andersson is a guy I would say is not a middle of the lineup player, either consistently or at this time.

How many championship teams have 1 top end player on their team that they drafted? Even if you want to cut them some slack and give them Lindholm because he was traded for a top drafted guy in Fox it still isn’t enough. I realize you could argue Hanifin fits in there too but I don’t see him on the same level as he hasn’t shown he can impact the game both offensively and defensively on a consistent basis and you could argue he is currently our 4th best Dman.

Over the last handful of years we have continually signed free agents to too much money and term which is setting us up to be in a tough cap situation next season.

We have brought in the following players who have significant cap hits:

Kadri
Coleman
Neal (Lucic)
Tanev
Zadorov
Markstrom

Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying all of these are bad as Tanev and Zadorov are not bad contracts and before this season Markstrom was worth his salary. We have 32yo Kadri for 6 more, 31yo Coleman for 4 more, 33yo Markstrom for 3 more as ones that stick out as potential problems in the near future. Throw in soon to be 30yo’s Huberdeau and Weegar’s 8 more years and you are starting to see a trend.

We are signing a lot of players who have reached their peaks and produced, in some cases at elite levels, on other teams to big dollar and term deals.

These players are needed on teams but they are mostly guys brought in to help push teams that are close over the top. We seem to be stockpiling players of this kind and as they get older their impacts will continue to decrease while their cap hits remain the same.

I am grateful we have an ownership group that is willing to spend to the cap but I just don’t understand why they can’t see the way to build a winner is through the draft.

03-11-2023, 12:23 PM	#139
SeanCharles First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2013 Exp:	The problem is this organization refuses to build a team the right way. They have no patience and want to cheat the process. The list of players on the team we have drafted: Mangiapane Backlund Dube Pelletier Ruzicka Andersson Out of all these players only Andersson is a guy I would say is not a middle of the lineup player, either consistently or at this time. How many championship teams have 1 top end player on their team that they drafted? Even if you want to cut them some slack and give them Lindholm because he was traded for a top drafted guy in Fox it still isn’t enough. I realize you could argue Hanifin fits in there too but I don’t see him on the same level as he hasn’t shown he can impact the game both offensively and defensively on a consistent basis and you could argue he is currently our 4th best Dman. Over the last handful of years we have continually signed free agents to too much money and term which is setting us up to be in a tough cap situation next season. We have brought in the following players who have significant cap hits: Kadri Coleman Neal (Lucic) Tanev Zadorov Markstrom Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying all of these are bad as Tanev and Zadorov are not bad contracts and before this season Markstrom was worth his salary. We have 32yo Kadri for 6 more, 31yo Coleman for 4 more, 33yo Markstrom for 3 more as ones that stick out as potential problems in the near future. Throw in soon to be 30yo’s Huberdeau and Weegar’s 8 more years and you are starting to see a trend. We are signing a lot of players who have reached their peaks and produced, in some cases at elite levels, on other teams to big dollar and term deals. These players are needed on teams but they are mostly guys brought in to help push teams that are close over the top. We seem to be stockpiling players of this kind and as they get older their impacts will continue to decrease while their cap hits remain the same. I am grateful we have an ownership group that is willing to spend to the cap but I just don’t understand why they can’t see the way to build a winner is through the draft.