Man...even I, one of the most pessimistic fans, was starting to get hope again. This is EXACTLY why I've been pessimistic, as I know how this franchise rolls. Shame on me for believing again.
It's hard to be positive about this season, and even harder about future seasons. Our success hinges on three players with absolute boat anchors for contracts making significant turnarounds. Given their age and what they've shown this year, even someone with homer glasses has to think it's very unlikely.
We have good prospects, but not great prospects (aside from Wolf maybe). I like Coronato, but the amount of excitement being shown by fans is 100% indicative of what fans have had to endure for the last 30 years of this franchise. Always middling prospects, always middling success. We get excited over "decent" prospects.
I'm happy Chucky and JG are gone. They were never taking us to the promised land. I'm not even mad about Chucky getting over the 100 point mark in Florida. Putting up points in the regular season was never his issue. Let's not forget how invisible he was in playoffs. He doesn't have another gear, just like Johnny. What I'm upset about is how we tried to patch these holes. At the time, I was excited about Huby + Weegar + Kadri...not even gonna lie. I have the benefit of hindsight as a fan though. It didn't work. And the guy that made those moves needs to be held accountable for putting us in this terrible position with some massive contracts over the next few years for guys that don't move the needle. Though Markstrom does move the needle....just the wrong way.
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