You keep saying this yet you cannot say what the plan is besides "draft and develop" which means nothing since every single team in NHL does this. Ie no plan.
Will I say they should have taken a direction to build the organization earlier? Obviously. Will I immediately say it's wrong? No of course not. But no team builds a team by staying in the black hole (8-12th in conference). Doesn't happen and it doesn't happen for a reason. Doesn't take 4 years to build a middle of the road (at best) prospect pool. LA went from 5th overall pick to Stanley Cup in less than 3 calendar years.
If you want to imagine something that isn't there go ahead. I'll keep being a realist.
First because you state something doesn't mean it is an actuality , regardless of you wanting that to be accurate. You don't want to differentiate between what you profess needs to be done and anything else . You're quite clear you believe you know more and how to better build this team than Jets management and don't agree with the path we are on , that is all fine , however none of that makes it more than just your opinion.
IMO you are not a realist , you are a critic of the direction that has been taken and are reluctant to change prior negative positions and proclamations , you have made statements in the past that were not accurate to prop your stance. LA had how many years prior to the year the finished 5th last that contributed to the championship?
Do you think that drafting and developing are not and can not be central , the core piece of building a winning team? Do you think something else should be? We added a very good , young player at a position of need this year at a very good contract cost didn't we? Did we lose a player of that level ? Those aren't parts of a "plan" then?
Drafting smart , high character , extremely high hockey IQ players isn't part of a plan ? Look at last night's roster , name everyone that was not a Thrasher / Jet prospect/player when the relocation happened. Now look at the second Jets era , is there a difference? What about looking ahead to next year ? Do we logically see an influx of options for many roster spots ? This is not a result of any plan according to you though , is it luck?
The black hole is thrown around and really has no reason to be . Would I like the Jets to have the top pick or one of the top 3 ? Of course if we also didn't play poorly enough to finish that low. Scheifele , Trouba , Morrissey , Ehlers all look to be significant pieces and imo at least half of those picks will be major , impacting players. Like Button said this week , the Jets are getting really good players regardless of where they are selecting. That isn't a result of planning or a plan as you say? You can say and believe in what you wish of course , just as I can , and I believe that not only do we indeed have a plan , but that said plan is actually working and leading us down a path where we soon will be a playoff team with a very very good young core and a prospect core that is tonnes better than what we inherited .
The plan is exactly what we are seeing , again you and others have made it clear you both don't like it and think it is wrong and also that it won't lead to success. I disagree on all counts , we'll see who is/was right and I think sooner than later.
This franchise was a wasteland and terribly run , we needed to get our heads above water unfortunately and that has taken time , we are building for sustained success and it is taking time , I am not saying it isn't , but it is being done with a plan .
Looking forward to seeing how our future players perform this year , I quite suspect we'll have some tremendous seasons from more than one or two of them . Having a situation like that doesn't happen without a plan , unless someone wants to contribute that to being lucky perhaps?
You not liking the plan doesn't mean there isn't one , there is . If that plan works I wonder what the naysayers will say towards that? I think we will see what that is .
