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The ‘23-‘24 boredom thread.. no square poop allowed
Mickstix:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Thursday June 20, 2024, 08:59:28 PM Eastern ---Here are the facts as I think the organization saw/sees them:
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I agree with most of that. But what they "should" of done is play on with what they had, w/o trying to stay relevant. Be the suck that they are and actually get a draft pick in the top 5 the next year or two.
They just keep spending money to be irrelevant, imo. Only realistic goal I can see from this trade is hopefully Ovi doesn't shit the bed and Dubois can feed him enough to break the record.
It's gonna end up (at best) being the most expensive, drawn out, tearing up of a franchise, NHL record ever broken. :wackysmile: lol
alta:
Hershey ties it at 2 games each. There will be a game 6 at home.
Beaglefan2:
Mick - you are right on. We need to bottom out quickly and get high picks for the next 3 years. If we were in a different spot as a top contending team, motivating PLD might work and would be worth the risk. We just went through 5 years of frustration with trying to get Kuzy to play up to his talent and I would have thought that team management would have not gone down this path.
Even if it works out and PLD is really good, he helps us make the playoffs but we still won't contend for a Cup - so we draft about 20th. This is a massive mistake.
richkrt99:
the problem i see with this "be suck now so we can be great later" scenario is...the Caps are basically mediocre now. They are not terrible. I don't think (even without this trade) that they would be in the bottom 10 in the league so the reality of them getting a really top tier draft pick is minimal.
In a fantasy team scenario you could just sell of all your top talent and shit the bed and tank for a few seasons and draft really high...HOPEFULLY. But even then, who knows what the luck of the draft brings you each year.
And...what about commitment to your current players and fans? Guys like Wilson and Ovi and Carlson and even Strome wouldn't be too happy playing on team that the franchise has just written off. Plus these guys are really competitive - they WANT to win.
I'm not knocking the rebuild concept, its long overdue, but I think the reality of managing and implementing all of it is much more complicated and challenging than just saying lets do this and that will happen for us.
Mickstix:
I just look at the Redskins, trying to stay relevant for 30+ years and cringe when I see the Caps making the same mistakes, doing the exact the same thing. The odds of rebuilding successfully through FA and trades is far less successful than drafting well and building from within.
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