They're taking a break from a hard Cup push that lasted 25 years. The longtime owner is in serious physical decline and (not to be morbid) is not too terribly long for the world. They're focusing their organizational energy on moving the team, making hundreds of millions from the city and their taxpayers, and trying to stay vaguely relevant throughout.
Can we just call it that and be accurate without having to inject 'Fan Outrage Component X-01' into our necks and thrash about like Bane as we declare the team to be 'an embarrassing husk' or whatnot?
this thread like ALL other threads on HF Boards is about fans discussing how THEY perceive things and what THEY would like to see differently
from the game day threads critiquing the power play, penalty kill, breakout philosophy, line combinations, game strategy at home vs the road, ice time, individual player puck decisions to the prospect and draft discussion to the trade scenarios, every SINGLE ONE OF THEM is from a fans POV
absolutely NONE of them mater one iota to the people and players involved in any of the franchises and the decisions THEY choose intentionally to make but thats not the point of the board
perhaps somebody should create a hockey message board where all the teams themselves post all their philosophies and decisions and the fans can log in and be given one option, that is to say bravo
perhaps that would be a great venture idea for yourself
until such time however this board is not about that and this thread is doing a good enough job to warrant keeping his job based on what THEY want/like/believe, etc