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Originally Posted by Royle9
I understand wanting to pick high, I really do.
But the tank group seems to think in order to do so we have to get rid of every veteran and then some even think we need to get rid of Wolf... just to TANK.
Can it not be a bit of both? It doesn't need to be a complete bare bones sell everything, in fact no team ever really does that to start a season. We need a balance, we need to have an identity and understand when our window will be and Craig has that. He's said multiple times that they project to have a GOOD team by the time the new arena opens and that's their long term vision.
For now they stay competitive and try and promote from within.
Of course he's said they'll want to watch for young guys who fit the window via trade and then any big star UFA that may make sense *Cough Makar* cough.
I think he's stuck to the plan he's been very transparent about.
But somehow its just not good enough (or bad enough in this case) but NO team ever just sheds every player over 25 and fills their roster with prospects and young guys.
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I'd add to that that I think he is likely a little (or a lot) surprised that the team he iced for 24/25 was as good as it ended up being.
I think they built the team for a bottom ten finish and it just didn't happen.
If they had a goal of make the playoffs he would have kept Markstrom to work with Wolf, and not left $20M in cap space unutilized.