RealityHurts
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- Feb 24, 2020
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When I refer to Red wings fielding a weak team purposely, it's because they don't spend to cap or do their best in off-season and whatnot to try and better their team.Here is the saddest thing about this... That was actually the best team we could ice...
We tried signing some vets when Holland was around, and they have fallen off a cliff.
All our good vets retired years ago and we got nothing for them (Datsyuk, Zetterberg).
We have been drafting 25th+ or no picks for about 20 years so we were light on talent.
Our young kids (Larkin - 15th, Mantha-20th, Bertuzzi-2nd round)... these are not even high picks.
Bottom line is we suck man.
Our "Tanking" involved 3 years ago moving Nyquist and Tatar who were our best 2 players.
If we drafted an Eichel, maybe we could complain that our team sucks, and we cant draft a star around him....
IF we drafted an Eichel.
My point is this. We literally iced the best team we could. Maxed out our cap with bad contracts years ago, and still need our kids to step up. And when we try to play our kids early, they suck too.
You are suggesting we had options. That we could have actually iced a better team.
Maybe its a troll post... Or maybe you just have no idea... That IS our best team.
If you can suggest a way to improve it... we are all ears. Because the draft lottery system NO LONGER helps the worst team in the league... Simply look at where we have been drafting while finishing Bottom 5 the last few years.
The reason we don't sign Krug or Hall is this.... Whats the point... the team is too bad to justify spending the money on them to fish pucks out of our net. You sign UFA's to complement a core, not create one.
2015 was an important year for the NHL. Not just because it was when McDavid was drafted, but it also outlined through the 2014-2015 season that the current draft lottery was prone to tanking. In fact, seeing the upcoming of Connor McDavid and the possibility of him being part of their team, many teams shamefully tanked and were criticized for it.
Yet, how can Red Wings do significantly worst than teams blamed for tanking in 2015...? The draft lottery was changed to discourage tanking.
I still firmly believe that, in an ideal world with competitive integrity, teams would 100% try to better their teams in the off-season. If every team has given its best and still ends up last, then, fine, good luck in the draft lottery.
Now, teams are able to purposely save literally 14m++ in cap space to "rebuild". This approach is perfectly fine given the loops in the system, but it bears no thoughts for the fanbase and has no integrity..
It's not trolling. I mean, who did Red Wings even sign this off season? I hate to say it, but having watched disastrous results of Ottawa and Detroit last season, I was happy they didn't win the lottery.. there is karma out there.
Let's be honest, Ottawa traded Karlsson, Hoffman, Stone, etc. That's also a team that wasn't trying to win.
I'll give you an example of a team that, imo, deserved some of its early picks (except for the lucky draft lottery wins with low odds). Chicago. They compete every year, and do poorly some years, but they're not purposely fielding a terrible team without any thought to improving their team in off-season.. I'm not a blackhawks fan btw.. Last year, Sharks did their best and had a sad outcome. Sadly, they traded their 1st. They -did- try to win however.