Did not realize just making the playoffs - unless you're the Red Wings - makes you relevant. Not going to comment on the future, since my crystal ball ran out of batteries. I'm happy yours is still working. Could you tell me when we finally get to drive flying cars?
Be as condescending as you want, it's just silly that some people can't seem to acknowledge that teams like Toronto and Edmonton are in a much better position than the Wings. These teams have
elite young players (super elite in McDavid's case) that are only going to get better. We have no one near the level of a McDavid/Matthews/Draisatl/Marner. Our team is being carried by a player who has had back surgery and will be gone sooner than later. Don't need a crystal ball to see that's clearly the case.
Ken Holland has not constructed this team well and it looks to only get worse as he seemingly refuses to acknowledge what is painfully obvious. Prices are always too high according to the man himself so trades are out of the question, and elite players don't make it to free agency as a general rule so that's out too.
Which brings us to the draft, here's how I look at it. In the past 10+ years, the only place the Wings have been locked out of was the top 15. Every player picked behind that was available to them. So the only players that were unavailable were the those chosen in the top 15. And what has eluded the Wings in the draft for 10+ years? Well it also happens to be one of the necessary components of a contender,
elite players. But no, let's continue to go with Holland's genius patchwork plan of average players on bloated contracts and see how that goes?