BelovedIsles
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Looks like Lou struck out again, he was outbid for Duche and Stone without a backup plan. Hoping he brings in the big fish in July, losing faith in his ability to lockdown and close.
Welcome to Isle of never win. We're planning for the future. We have to wait 2-3 years. It's an experience season. It's an observation season. Its a ...............
(enter next excuse here)
Agreed! However, I would rather have a good home grown roster for years to come instead of a great paper roster for 3 months. That very well may have been the decision Lou was faced with. I trust the men with the rings and HOF status.It would be nice if we actually gave the poor man a real roster to work with. Let's face it, what he has done with our roster is nothing short of magical. Give him a legit roster....well, you saw the results last year.
Fun fact: 15 of the 16 playoff teams will not win the cup, many of them gave up assets in an effort to do so. We were not one of those teams. What Lou did is called Asset Preservation, after what happened with Traitor, spending big on a rental was probably out of the question - if the reports about the contract offered to Stone was any indication of that.
"We're probably a year or two away."Trotz said that last month, he won the cup last year and is one of the all time winning coaches in the game, respect his opinion and expertise and wait OR go find another team to root for.
Can't believe Stone signed an extension instead of waiting for free agency. Great move by the Knights, nothing we can do about that if that's where he wanted to be, but he did the Senators a huge solid for sure. Don't see that often!
Lou probably tried to make trades but couldn’t and this is his cover up...this year is a step but this won’t be acceptable next year.
Nah, I dont think so. Actually I think the majority of people on here agree with me. If you put up a poll, we can see, but I am pretty sure "disappointed" would win pretty handily.You got the wrong guy dude, I didn't make such a statement. I think you're fighting too many battles on too many fronts to keep up.
They aren’t on cusp of playoff spot they are solidly in a spot so because they have free agents they could lose they should trade them no matter whatWhy?
Trotz acknowledges they were 2-3 years away
Being in first place late Feb is "nonsense," blowing up your division-leading roster for futures is the way to go. HFBoards loser mentality in a nutshell.I don’t want to win a playoff series, I want this team to win a championship, so please stop the first place nonsense.
Again, not defending Snow, but was not the same thing said about him? Is that not where all the kicking the tires and having lines in the water jokes came from? What matters is a result. Making phone calls is meaningless. If we finish in second place with every UFA for the next five years, we will have exactly zero signed UFAs.You do realize how ignorant that statement is right? He didn't make any trades, correct, but he didn't do anything? Were you there to see how many phone calls he made, how many offers he put in that were declined and how many he declined himself? Every fan base that is in the playoff picture whose team did nothing is filled with two types of people, those who trust the decision by management and those who just want action all the time (like bad poker players). I would have been fine if they had traded firsts and prospects for rentals, and I'm also fine they didn't. Guy hasn't even been in charge for a full calendar year for Christ's sake. Go back on a break man...
Fun fact. Only one team wins the cup every year. What does that have to do with a fan base that makes the dumbest excuses, like its an experience season.
To the bolded: Settle down Beavis
I think everyone is disappointed but it’s different than from past years. We seem to finally have a direction, a team that works hard and plays for each other who is in first place in metro at deadline. I wanted stone particularly I didn’t want any part but of Duchene but there will be another guy come the summer. I trust Lou and Trotz and where they are taking this team.Nah, I dont think so. Actually I think the majority of people on here agree with me. If you put up a poll, we can see, but I am pretty sure "disappointed" would win pretty handily.
Ah, I feel better. Just dug up all the posts by this very fanbase that **** all over all the moves in the offseason that led us to a first place roster at the deadline. Maybe, just maybe, people don't know what they're talking about or know what's going on behind the scenes.
Is this a cup team? No, I don't think so. But I think Lou did not like what he had to give up in order to get someone, weighing what that addition would do for this year (as in, not enough) and what that subtraction would do for our future (as in, too much).
How many UFA's on Tampa 's roster?They're still the favorite no? My eyes tell me they have an elite HOMEGROWN,DRAFTED ,core!They aren’t on cusp of playoff spot they are solidly in a spot so because they have free agents they could lose they should trade them no matter what
Current leadership didn't come up with the experience season BS. How about, this is the first season with a competent GM/Coach combo in two plus decades? Is that an excuse to you?
Nah, I dont think so. Actually I think the majority of people on here agree with me. If you put up a poll, we can see, but I am pretty sure "disappointed" would win pretty handily.
Again, not defending Snow, but was not the same thing said about him? Is that not where all the kicking the tires and having lines in the water jokes came from? What matters is a result. Making phone calls is meaningless. If we finish in second place with every UFA for the next five years, we will have exactly zero signed UFAs.