This guy. It isn't that changes were made, it's the friggen dumb changes that were made. I am not all that upset about the Risto move tbh, if at all. But Voracek and Ghost moves are pretty bad. I understand that Ghost's value wasn't what it once was, but I don't care who you are, you figure something else out. Keep him and hope his value rebounds or just ride it out for the next two seasons with him in the minors or pressbox. We've dealt with cap crunches in the past and haven't had to pay to receive literally nothing in return. Voracek I understand was going to be a cap casualty but I just don't understand the return. A guy who is less productive, older, and on a longer (albeit not as much money) contract?
Do these moves really improve the team long term or in the here and now? I don't see how they do. I'm not going to pretend to know what was going on behind the scenes with all the teams involved, but my goodness if these were truly the only moves out there, I think you stand pat and let the team have another mediocre season fighting for the ability to be eliminated in the first round, instead of trading away assets and roster mainstays for the same projected path. It just doesn't make sense unless something else is cooking, which does not appear to be the case.
