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Originally Posted by GullFoss
The unspoken element is that Maloney was very teary when Treliving left and was very good friends with Tre, so to think the report on Sutter was unbiased is a bit naive.
Likewise, given that Maloney and Treliving worked together in building this team, their rose colored glasses on roster construction is also somewhat obvious.
It's a lot easier to report that Sutter is the problem than the team construction is fundamentally flawed. Especially if you're one of the two people responsible for the construction.
IMO, short of a young franchise player magically appearing (wolfey, coronato?), this is a team that is plausible post-apex and possibly not good enough to truly contend. And yet, the team also has too much cap tied up in long-term contracts to enter a rebuild.
If next year sucks, this team is ####ed until 2030
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Imagine for a minute...
- Huby and Kadri have bounce back years under coaching that allows them to play to their strengths.
- Kylly returns and bolsters the team's depth on the blue line.
- Wolf either pushes Marky to play better or replaces him as the starter at some point.
- Mang comes back fully healthy and plays closer to the way he did in his 35 goal campaign.
- Young talent from the Wranglers are given more of a chance to push for roster spots than they had under Sutter.
- Overall lack of negative vibe between players and coach, resulting in more consistent play than we saw from the team last year.
- Actually practicing the power play.
- Actually practicing 3 on 3 and the shootout.
Tons of reasons to think the upcoming season will be much better than last. This is a talented roster that should not only have made the playoffs but been a hard out once they got there. Granted, any major personnel changes to the roster would throw a wrench into the outlook for the upcoming season.
Connie & Co have complicated decisions ahead. This offseason will not be an easy one to navigate.