I am not disappointed in this season, frankly its exactly what i was expecting, and with optimal results. We were faced with signing markov for 2 years and a big deal for rads and who knows what other additional signings, for what, couldn't expect any different results from last year.
So we replaced emelin with alzner, not looking too good right now but could have gone and still can go either way.
Same with serg-droin which i liked at the time but i dont know what i was thinking and i think many of us feel the same.
Then we decided not to throw 7m x 5 or 6 at rads or even sign markov and left 10-15% of the cap open.
We knew we weren't winning a cup this year so we did what we could to get better, and we're doing a damn good job of it despite all the whiners and moaners and just outright nasty and spiteful fans like pretty much everyone who has posted on this page. Who all claim we are hopeless yet are angry at our performance this season and want the management held accountable for losing
We are now in position to
A. potentially draft a top 3 talent, maybe even a generational defenseman.
B. be a top competitor for some very big ufa's that might come up this off season and next. The types of players that very rarely become available.
Meanwhile this year we broke in two rookie defense (mete and juulsen) and two wingers (hudon and sherback) who look like they could potentially be ready to play next season full time.
I know wingers dont matter but when we do sign or draft a top center we have 3 30 goal-50+ point and 3 20 goal-40+ point wingers to play with them in the top 9
A defense of
Dahlin( or another of the D's in the top 10)-Weber
mete-petry
alzner-juulsen
doesnt seem too bad does it?
Things are looking really good for the future of this team potentially as early as next season or 19-20!
If we dont sign tavares i think we should do exactly what we did this year and tank again!
That is what i want the gm to do.
And i think you all do too.
Why you hate him so much for doing exactly what you want i don't really get.
It's either Subban or just an angry anglo thing i guess.
Lighten up people spring is here