Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
That's why you have to have a plan and set an expectation on organizational behaviors. Even of you are in the playoff mix, you still trade all your pending UFA's by the deadline. These guys have delivered next to nothing in results this far for the team. So don't get tricked into thinking they suddenly will. They are not elite players and will be overplayed good players. The type of thing that results in a team that alternates between first round loss and miss the playoffs.
But in 17 seasons since the lockout this team has not figured this out yet. So I get why everyone thinks it will happen again. The track record is exactly this.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashes
The fact that Nashville sold off solid assets at the deadline, dealt with major injuries to their core, brought up kids and gave them opportunity, and now have a slim chance to make the playoffs (ahead of the Flames).. is absolutely unreal. I hope Nashville gets lucky and sneaks in, what a great story that would be for them and a great slap in the face to our own short-sighted management group.
I feel like it's been glaringly obvious to the majority of the fandom (especially here on CP) since about December that we were in for a rough season, with very slim playoff chances and we should get a few assets back at the Deadline. But no, the narrative from the GM, Fan960, etc. was "we don't want to take away from our team right now", "we are still in this thing", just classic Flames to let pride and ego get in the way of capitalizing on a chance to get some picks while also opening up spots for the young guys to play down the stretch.. which may have been exactly the kind of energy infusion we needed heading into that final playoff push (ala Nashville). Woof. Garbage bag day can't come soon enough.
|
You can throw CP into the mix too. There are a few of us that would consistently like to see UFAs being shipped out by the trade deadline, unless it is 100% a given this team is going places come playoffs. Over the past 30+ years, those kinds of seasons have been few and far in between. So other than blind loyalty and gut feelings, there should be zero reason to have kept expiring UFAs for runs that never materialized. However when it comes time to talk about that, it almost immediately gets shut down here for the reasons you said; don't want to take away from the team and nobody trades their top players when they making a playoff push. Well, 30+ years of ineptitude tells us that this kind of thinking simply does not work with this franchise, and perhaps we should try it out for a while, regardless if other teams are/aren't doing the same.
Last season with Gaudreau on a tear and leading the division, sure you could make a case for keeping him (although I would have been on board if the GM made the unconventional choice to trade him). Team looked like gangbusters but I think deep down most of us know it wasn't our season to win it all. But this season struggling to claw their way to an 8th spot and a certain 1st round pounding, everyone should have been on the block. I have really grown to love Tyler Foli. Wasn't a massive fan of the acquisition last season, but this year he was very easily the team's MVP AINEC. Imagine the haul he could have gotten. But sure, I guess it's cool to see him hit new career highs and score a couple more clutch goals for a team going nowhere. Woohoo
