I’m not sure there’s a standardized way to interpret the results, I just posted it because I had it on my phone and thought it might add some context. Personally, I usually kind of roll my eyes at how these used and don’t take them very seriously.
They’re a tool to help work together with the eye test.
Yes, but this was him at basically his peak, or maybe a bit after. Not that these numbers shouldn’t 100% be taken with a grain of salt, but I’m not sure you’d see better numbers for 22/23. If I had a subscription I’d post the newer ones.
Mittelstadt is a prime candidate of why cards aren’t the end all be all.
By pay, I meant that they don’t sign players with the intent of them being 4th liners for $2.5m.
I do not see money being the barrier to making moves this off season in any way shape or form.
This faith must be supported by something, blind faith is not very good. You can believe in anything, but when it doesn't happen or it doesn't work, sometimes you have to open your eyes and do it differently.
Adams made minor tweaks to the roster between 2021-22 and 2022-23 and the team made a major jump up in the standings. I do not believe that expecting a lot of guys on the youngest roster in the NHL last season to show marked improvement in 2023-24 is blind faith.
You did not understand at all what I wanted to say, unfortunately the mentality and the difficulties of translation distort it.
But, having faith in the ability to develop their guys has worked since the coaching change from Kreuger to Granato.
That's not the point, I didn't mean it at all. In addition to faith, there must be logic and realism. Not everyone will be like Thompson, that's obvious. Jokiharju didn't work, UPL and Comrie didn't work. Can we give them another chance? Of course, but only in a certain role. Going into the season with Levi, UPL and Comrie is not logical and not right. Adams believes in his players, and rightly so, and commendable, but he is not an idiot and understands that not all of them will work. Goaltender is not a position where you are going to experiment unless you are tanking.
I can see them looking at what Levi did down the stretch and have a lot of confidence in him.
Well, what I meant is that Adams probably understands that going into the season with Levi, UPL and Comrie is very dangerous. Levi hasn't proven anything yet, although he looks promising, while UPL and Comrie have had a bad season and don't have much experience in the NHL, especially since they are not starters and have never even played 40 games in a season.
Most GMs have more faith in themselves than their predecessors and the players those predecessors acquired. We’re heading into year 4 with Adams and he’s added remarkably little to the current roster given the length of time he’s been in charge and complete lack of success.
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