[dino7c]

Originally Posted by browntrout

Look I don't like some of the moves Conroy made as well, I thought he should have waited with Wolf, maybe given it another 6 months to see if he can continue with his great goaltending into his third year, but at the end of the day, they get a starting goaltender signed for 8 years, ok work.

The Backlund contract IMO raised eyebrows, seems like a retirement contract to me, but given where the team is, it's really nothing in the grand scheme of things.

To me the most important theme is acquiring draft capital, the team needs to find a diamond in the rough, and they need to take as many shots as they can, because statistically most will never even play in the NHL.

The real issue is draft position, the team needs 2-3 years of top 5 picks and they need them in a hurry, because it takes 3-5 years for most of those pics to develop

They are in year 3 of the rebuild and I can easily see it taking at least another 5 years before the team becomes competitive.

This is gonna age so bad