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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Ok so you pretty much agree with me minus calling that a core group, but I guess it is which probably highlights the fact why we suck.
So I’m not sure why you’re calling me out when I’m saying the Rider fan just went on pages and pages telling us this team is too talented laughable and we we have a lot of young forwards on the roster getting better daily again laughable when we have 2. He also suggested we use our cap space in free agency to address holes because we aren’t far off being an annual 9th place contender.
Sends me a list of teams that outside of Buffalo have just started to come out of the super bad phase and even then most teams continue to suck for a bit after getting the talent in the top 5 for a bit before they make progress. Even with the progress it takes more time because you have to plug holes now with trades and free agency and push your chips in. Those teams also usually go through a coaching change, some even a manager change. Takes time.
Crosby missed the playoffs his first season. MacKinnon went through some serious lows. McDavid barf toom time and the worst western conference of all time to get to the finals. So I’m not sure why they are expecting Anaheim and San Jose to be contending this season.
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Don’t listen to Rider fans.
I’m not arguing about the top-5 pick thing either, I’ve been beating that drum for years.
I’m saying they’re not going to make the playoffs anyway, so there’s no sense worrying over whatever fleeting moments of success they do have.
Look, they’re already the lowest cap team in the league, or they were at one point this summer.
They can’t do anything but trade their UFAs and put their best foot forward on the ice.
They’re starting Vladar half the time. Do you want them to start him more? Because we can’t trade him if everyone knows he sucks. He has to look good in limited action and convince some desperate schmuck he’s worth a 2nd round pick at the deadline.
Conroy says a lot of things. Don’t listen to what he says. Look at what he does.
You can disagree with the value of his returns, but in every opportunity he’s maximized the return on his assets, or he’s extended players to team friendly deals.
The “best” players on the team probably have this year, and this year only, to be reasonably effective first line NHLers. And they’re still 26th in goals for.
They’re middle of the pack defensively. 16th in goals against.
Basically, when they get lights out goaltending, they win.
Them and everyone else.
If it’s league average, or straight bad, as it has been for most of December, they can’t win.
That’s not a playoff team. It’s not close to a playoff team.
It might not be a bottom-5 team, but from what I’ve seen, this group finishing outside the bottom-10 would constitute a massive overachievement.