Holden Caulfield
Eternal Skeptic
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?
As to the bolded this is a lie. I have never lied. You keep stating this, it continue to be wrong. I said Jets had not added picks. The Jets have drafted 7 times in top 2 rounds, less than 8 that is given. Ie not adding picks is true completely. Overall I think they were exactly at 7 picks per draft. Maybe -1/+1, which is not adding picks in any way, one or two doesn't make or break that statement. That is not lying.
And yes the LA comment was a little tongue in cheek, but people keep saying how many years it takes for any improvement when that's just not true. Teams can improve quickly. Look at Colorado if you want. I know LA had many bad years before. Done with a true rebuild where they DID add picks (much like CHI). Yes LA had some pieces already in place before rebuild, but so did Winnipeg.
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?
Draft and develop can and should be central to a rebuild. However Jets have shown absolutely no signs of rebuilding, not adding picks, not giving chances to young players instead sticking with career depth/minor league players with no upside.
We added Perreault. Ok. Decent enough player, how is that part of any plan? It's a signing. Every team has lots of those haha.
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?
No, that's just drafting. That happens. 29 other teams are ALSO trying to draft smart, high character, extremely high hockey IQ players that can help their team. That's the whole point of the draft!
No idea what you are talking about "second" Jets era. Sorry not sure what you are talking about.
Roster battles happen. Awesome. Jets have consistently gone for the Mark Flood, Anthony Peluso, Randy Jones' of the world though so I'll believe it when I see it. Don't see how that's part of a plan.
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.
Drafting and developing (or rebuilding) isn't just sticking with your picks and hoping to out draft every team. Also as I have often stated it is also not about tanking for a top pick (as Edmonton showed). It's also about adding other key picks and prospects that can help the team, guys like Voynov, Simmonds, Clifford, Quick, Martinez, King, Nolan were key late picks Kings got due adding picks and prospects during rebuild.
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 .
Franchise was so horribly run yet we've not made any changes. That tracks.
Atlanta got Bryan Little. Does that mean that they were a fantastic team so well run with a great plan? Drafting a good player or two does not make a plan.