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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
We have pieces but they need help from going from a team that will be Detroit or take a large step and contend for a cup yearly. It’s not simple and your window is short.
So how does he get those pieces ? Elite talent isn’t just available and when they are it will cost you the same players you want to build around.
Young players will replace the vets anyways, so you need to keep moving guys out creating spots and getting assets back.
You just can’t win in this league without a #1C. We tried it before with Sutter and bombed. That’s the situation he faces.
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Its a crazy situation. We've got a decent, young team but they need some help. How do you get it? You either move valuable players/contracts or sell picks.
Are we there yet? I dont know.
On the one hand it feels irresponsible not to try and give these guys some help but on the other hand it feels way too soon.
And yeah, we've got some Boat-Anchor contracts, but we've got cap space coming out of our ass so who cares? If we were up against it it'd be a different story.
At the moment our biggest problem is replacing Kuzmenko.
No, not his production (which is almost nothing) but if they dont re-sign him I think we're under the Cap Floor.
Can we sign an emergency backup goaltender who has never played hockey for an outrageous amount of money just to be Cap compliant? Hold on...I'm looking for my pads...oh thats right. I dont own any.