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Originally Posted by traptor
Yeah I get what youre saying, it was a bad roster.
But to some extent them poping off was by design.
They didn't burn it down. They threw a bunch of mud at the wall to see what stuck.
They intentionally brought in under utilized guys in their middish 20s, hoping they would pop off like Miromanov, Sharangovich, kuzmenko, Bahl and now frost and farabee.
The fact that we hear them pushing to re-sign Rasmus and rumors about going big game hunting for Rantenan or Cozens further cements this.
I also see alot of parallels between Gaudreau and Wolf. The timeline is similar. Waiting on a developing late drafted MVP at every other level. He comes in, team subverts expectations and gets in the playoffs.
Then it's aggressive build time.
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I don’t agree. I think they adjusted what they are doing after the start but the only vet they kept that was easily tradeable was Andersson and he’d be gone if they played to expectations. Sharangovich was traded for before another bad season. Kuzmenko was a cap dump that was necessary to trade Lindholm. Miramanov is nothing. The Frost and Farabee trade could be the start of a wider shift.