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Maybe so. But some teams, and their players, are cool with losing as long as the dough is there.

I mean, the Pirates will lose Skenes soon enough, right? Meh. No one cares.
 
GGpX said:
The Avalanche are such a waste.

They had a potential dynasty on their hands and they fucked it up because they hoped for short-term gain instead of maximizing MacKinnon, Rantanen & Makar's primes.

Colorado, in their defense, had bad luck with Landeskog. They lost a first line player, in his prime, to injury and I don't think he's ever going to play another game, even if they insist he's working his way back. He hasn't played a game in two and a half years. I can't blame them for that.

However, the Nichushkin deal was dumb from day one, insisting on keeping Samuel Girard instead of trading him for young and cheap talent was dumb. Trading Newhook for picks and only to take the money you saved & spend it on Miles Wood was dumb.

Julien Brisebois made one of the wisest, simultaneous short-term and long-term thinking moves I've ever seen when he traded Sergachev to Utah. Legitimately brilliant thinking without any sarcasm. Colorado had the chance to do a similar trade with Devon Toews, but instead they re-signed him.

So, Colorado's one year away from either losing Rantanen for nothing or re-signing him to a $11M+ contract. They have almost no prospects of note and they're tight on money.

They're stuck with no way out... unless they start trading players, but even then, it's too late.
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Yes, this is a team with a recent Stanley Cup and two/three superstars in their primes. Losing to Seattle the next year was a sign something wasn't right....of course they may get it going if they can get some goaltending, but either way they no longer appear to be a Cup contender.
 
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lecoqsportif said:
Maybe so. But some teams, and their players, are cool with losing as long as the dough is there.

I mean, the Pirates will lose Skenes soon enough, right? Meh. No one cares.
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There is no reason to lose Skenes or a few kids , lock him up now like other teams are doing

You cant get Soto but keeping a few kids is no excuse
 
east coast said:
Yes, this is a team with a recent Stanley Cup and two/three superstars in their primes. Losing to Seattle the next year was a sign something wasn't right....of course they may get it going if they can get some goaltending, but either way they no longer appear to be a Cup contender.
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Colorado had a very, very simple way to stay relevant for a decade if they actually looked at things objectively instead of celebrating their championship.

The second they won their cup, cut Nishuchkin loose and trade Girard for futures. This isn't 20-20 hindsight, this was easy to see immediately. Would have been a notable step back after winning a Cup, but had they played their hand right, they'd be right back in the thick of it as we speak.
 
I don't want any system implemented which allows stupid franchises to get away with being stupid. I don't want stupid but wealthy franchises like the Leafs or Rangers being able to just throw money at their problems like they could in the 90's. I want their ignorance and stupidity to be punished.

In a system where management has to get by on its wits, it's probably a good idea to avoid hiring half-wits to manage your team.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
why? it works in NBA, one player is not going to break a system
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NBA is a different animal , one superstar can carry a team but he is on the cap at a gazillion dollars.

Teams can go over the cap within rules

Easy to move money around , shorter contracts , etc…

Your creating another level of stupidity for salary comparables

Many teams don’t have a franchise player

So let’s give Mason McTavish 12 mil because what the fuck it doesn’t count against the cap , the agent says.
 
wiseguy1 said:
Should be unbeaten. In the only games they lost , the other goalie stood on his head. Not surprised though, figured they would get a new coach bump. But that's what coaches like Berube and Tocchet do, clean up the shit from the previous staff. But how long before their effect wears off, that's the question.
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31 year old back up looks like Roy and D is old on the top 4

Lets see what it looks like at the end of the season
 
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