TheOtherOne
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I am intensely curious about hypothetical scenarios. Some or many of you will probably find them a waste of time. That's fine. You don't have to participate if you don't want to.
My premise is that we COULD be competing in ECF or SCF in 3 years. I don't really want to argue the probabilities. Larkin, Mantha, AA, Hronek, whoever, could develop better than expected. We could have a Marchand surprise. A late-rounder from this year or last year could be the next Datsyuk. We could trade for Tavares or the next Tavares or whoever. Some goalie we've never heard of could stand on his head for a Quick-like season and playoffs. Who the f*** knows. If things start to click in a couple areas maybe it starts a domino effect and everyone starts smelling the Cup and kicking it up some notches all around.
Maybe these things are all long-shots, but even if you think it's a one in a million chance, for the purposes of this thread you have to admit that it COULD happen.
My question, then, is what future discussion boards are saying about Holland and Blash. And what happens if they thumb through the archives of 2018's discussions.
Was Holland still a train wreck through '16-'18 or however long? Was he smartly tanking, maybe while making a few bad moves? Did he totally luck into a successful rebuild? If he wins one more Cup before he retires, is he suddenly one of the best GMs around? Or did he stumble into it like Mr. Magoo?
Blash is harder to discuss because he's still new. I don't really know what to add there, but feel free to contribute on whatever. If you sincerely think we absolutely CANNOT compete while he's around, that's a valid answer too. But who knows, maybe he finds a nice groove while the team improves around him.
What are our opinions of the forum-goers of 2018? Were they naively oblivious of the success of the rebuild they were in the middle of? Or do you still agree with their points, despite them becoming irrelevant in a few short years' time?
Anyway I'm interested in your thoughts, so talk about whatever you want.
My premise is that we COULD be competing in ECF or SCF in 3 years. I don't really want to argue the probabilities. Larkin, Mantha, AA, Hronek, whoever, could develop better than expected. We could have a Marchand surprise. A late-rounder from this year or last year could be the next Datsyuk. We could trade for Tavares or the next Tavares or whoever. Some goalie we've never heard of could stand on his head for a Quick-like season and playoffs. Who the f*** knows. If things start to click in a couple areas maybe it starts a domino effect and everyone starts smelling the Cup and kicking it up some notches all around.
Maybe these things are all long-shots, but even if you think it's a one in a million chance, for the purposes of this thread you have to admit that it COULD happen.
My question, then, is what future discussion boards are saying about Holland and Blash. And what happens if they thumb through the archives of 2018's discussions.
Was Holland still a train wreck through '16-'18 or however long? Was he smartly tanking, maybe while making a few bad moves? Did he totally luck into a successful rebuild? If he wins one more Cup before he retires, is he suddenly one of the best GMs around? Or did he stumble into it like Mr. Magoo?
Blash is harder to discuss because he's still new. I don't really know what to add there, but feel free to contribute on whatever. If you sincerely think we absolutely CANNOT compete while he's around, that's a valid answer too. But who knows, maybe he finds a nice groove while the team improves around him.
What are our opinions of the forum-goers of 2018? Were they naively oblivious of the success of the rebuild they were in the middle of? Or do you still agree with their points, despite them becoming irrelevant in a few short years' time?
Anyway I'm interested in your thoughts, so talk about whatever you want.