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kehatch · 01-15-2025, 05:09 AM

I don't agree with the 'stay the course' crowd. The current course is to try and remain competitive as possible while focusing on drafting and development to improve in the future. The issue is winning now and building for the future contradict each other and continue our eternal mediocrity.

For winning now: We have been moderately competitive and are fighting for a playoff spot, but we aren't in serious cup contention. We are spotting teams 20 million in cap and we are limited in the moves we can make to improve.

For building for the future: We have been successful in developing players such as Zary, Wolf, Coronato, and Pospisil. We have a handful of exciting prospects in the system. But we don't have the high picks to maximize our chance at superstars. We also have to hold onto pending UFAs too long to get maximum value, and our trades are focused on assets that contribute to winning now.

We are doing fine in both areas. But it's unlikely we can do better then fine if we continue to compromise in both areas to focus on the other. Which is why we will likely continue to be mediocre.

01-15-2025, 05:09 AM	#22
kehatch First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2010 Exp:	I don't agree with the 'stay the course' crowd. The current course is to try and remain competitive as possible while focusing on drafting and development to improve in the future. The issue is winning now and building for the future contradict each other and continue our eternal mediocrity. For winning now: We have been moderately competitive and are fighting for a playoff spot, but we aren't in serious cup contention. We are spotting teams 20 million in cap and we are limited in the moves we can make to improve. For building for the future: We have been successful in developing players such as Zary, Wolf, Coronato, and Pospisil. We have a handful of exciting prospects in the system. But we don't have the high picks to maximize our chance at superstars. We also have to hold onto pending UFAs too long to get maximum value, and our trades are focused on assets that contribute to winning now. We are doing fine in both areas. But it's unlikely we can do better then fine if we continue to compromise in both areas to focus on the other. Which is why we will likely continue to be mediocre.