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Originally Posted by Monahammer
I hate that "took a shot at it" narrative. Sure, they sat on their hands, but there were 2-3 obvious other moves they could have made to drop further.
Look at how the team fell apart when down one extra defensemen for stretches. You exit one more defensemen and one more forward pre christmas this year and we'd be using our top 10 pick. That would have been a real "took a shot at it". Instead, they pretty much did what they always do, tried to fill the roster with some underperforming vets, made a trade for mid roster players, and played on. Clearly, they're still not allowed to say "that R word".
Not building the franchise properly now just means we will have to do it later. And the Wolf's too good to let it happen later crowd need only go look at John Gibson for a test case.
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Or they would have gotten punted out of the top 10 by the draft lottery and handed Montreal the 11th overall pick.