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That is more illogical than my arguments. There is nothing we can do with the amount of the contract. All we can do as look at the role each player provides on the team. And Goose is one of the few that is living up to his role. And to insert another young guy that is not ready for the NHL just makes the team worse. Watson was looked at last season and was no where near ready. And looking at his body of work this season is not impressive at the AHL level.
When it comes to the nut cutting there are not many players on this roster that are living up to the role they need to for the team to have success. That's the entire problem. Horni is down, Borque and Wilson are floundering Stalhberg has been a huge disappointment Cullen shows flashes of the player he was when younger then goes invisible again. Nystrom is playing well above what has been expected of him and Spaling is as well. For a great part Maz and even Hutton have had good to great streaks. Leggy and Fish are right in the area they have been in years past.
Before the season I told all of you that it would take career years from each on the roster for this team to be competitive, they have not and they are not. This is a confused team a team that beat the Sharks then gets humiliated but the Flames and the Oil. There is no rhyme nor reason decernable short of Nystrom scoring 4 goals keeping them in the Flames game, im sure theres nobody could have seen that coming.
Now it is important to build the team from the farm but right now the farm is not going to fix this team in a short time.
If that is the route we are looking at 5 years to return to the playoffs. To go thru F?A route if you think Goose is overpayed the numbers required to land Vanek and Moulson will cause you to go starke mad. And to do that DP is going to have to shed some salary even with the cap going up. If he does not the team will be in this same situation near the top of the cap this year with little ability to sign help that's needed now.