You are entirely correct.
Pitt could rebuild this thing pretty effectively and quickly, if they wanted to.
Yeah most fans don't tends to give a shit about what is going on, they just want a nice escape. Just like when Sakic was 37, the Avs wouldn't move him. Or when MacK is 37, they won't move him. The Pens won't move Crosby.You are entirely correct.
And all of them will complain loudly when Crosby et al have retired and Pitt is scraping the basement floor.
Said 80++% of fans do not understand asset management.
I think you can understand asset management to a T and still conclude that there are valid reasons to not trade away the best player in the last 30 years. If you go back to 2008 offseason, with the benefit of hindsight, knowing how horrific the Avs would be the next season (and knowing it would be Joe's last in the NHL), I still would not have traded Joe Sakic for a decent return because having him play his whole career in the organization is worth something (although I will say if a trade would have avoided the snowblower incident, maybe I do the trade for Joe's sake).You are entirely correct.
And all of them will complain loudly when Crosby et al have retired and Pitt is scraping the basement floor.
Said 80++% of fans do not understand asset management.
Babcock is for doing that.
That that was an all time shitty move.I never liked Modano, but I will always feel sorry for the guy.
Babcock made him a healthy scratch to finish the season in Detroit and he ended at 1,499 games played. What an absolute f***ing
I never liked Modano, but I will always feel sorry for the guy.
Babcock made him a healthy scratch to finish the season in Detroit and he ended at 1,499 games played. What an absolute f***ing
I'm not totally disagreeing, but those years when Modano went away were also years when Dallas was a crap/rebuilding/non-playoff team. The Avs attendance went down also when they were a crap/rebuilding/non-playoff team, compared to the previous playoff version.
I would have, and in fact fully publicly endorsed it on this forum.
LOL, I could make the case that for much of the 9 out of 10 straight years the Avs missed the playoffs, they weren't trying to rebuild either.
But they still stunk.
I can’t hear modano without thinking about this clip. Not even babs would do him this dirty:I never liked Modano, but I will always feel sorry for the guy.
Babcock made him a healthy scratch to finish the season in Detroit and he ended at 1,499 games played. What an absolute f***ing
Yeah of course poor play can equate to bad attendance. But the point is the year directly following, the team was actually better and more competitive than the final year with Modano... and still lost butts in the seats to a significant degree. The season after that was a bit of a slide from the 10-11 team, but above the 09-10 team and saw a further degradation of butts in the season. Things actually didn't improve until the lockout year where the worst team of the group actually had the best attendance in that short span.LOL, I could make the case that for much of the 9 out of 10 straight years the Avs missed the playoffs, they weren't trying to rebuild either.
Point is, when teams aren't good, attendance tends to lag. I myself dumped my season tickets during the Avs' years of doing the wrong things. I'm not disputing "team icons" can affect attendance. I'm simply saying bad results also affect attendance, and a lot of formerly good teams are going to have that inevitable downturn. And good results often overcome any former negative icon effect. They sure did here in Colorado.
And of course, there are some markets that are immune to all of this. They're going to sell out regardless.
Gotta respect the fact that he played 18 full seasons in the NHL. Dude is as old as Fleury.
He’s mostly sucked donkey balls these last few seasons. Only reason he’s lasted this long IMO was because Ron Hextall signed him to an absolutely moronic extension because he thought Carter would be insurance in the event ownership let him go through with trading Malkin, or at least that’s what I read.
He did have a 45 point season a couple of years ago but yeah outside of that outlier he's been pretty bad since 18-19, like 4th liner bad.
Not sure why you guys trash him that much. He was underrated in his prime if anything and played a huge part of that 2014 Kings cup run.
We are pointing out that he has been bad for a long time. Which is true.
Being on the East Coast this week I watched the Isles beat the Pens last night.
I can hear your icon.You are entirely correct.
And all of them will complain loudly when Crosby et al have retired and Pitt is scraping the basement floor.
Said 80++% of fans do not understand asset management.
He held up just fine... he actually had good years through his age 31 season. He just predictably regressed as most players do and held on a couple years too long.
