If this is the roster going into next year, then I will be officially and permanently supportive of Holland's tenure coming to an end. I've been very critical of him the last few years but he has a long leash (with me included) because of his many years of success.
But this 'rebuild on the fly' bull**** is just that, bull****, if the end result is a full blown rebuild. Why have we been treading water the past several years if we were heading for a full rebuild anyway?
I strongly believe that there is a way out and up from our current situation, but it's going to require an aggressive GM and serious leveraging of our large quantity of mid-above average quality prospects and young players (and even some prime pieces if needed, just not Larkin/DDK/Mrazek). I'm just not sure Holland has it in him. Because if his past half decade is any indication, he really may not. Just because he's been the GM for a very long time, doesn't mean it has to last forever. Lamoriello ain't the GM in NJ anymore.
Bravo Ser Zermanator
Best post I've seen amongst the ocean of bull**** this board has been drowning in for months.
As I said in another thread, Holland has 3 choices
1) Swing for the fences (as proposed above). Best case, instant rebuild, new Dallas. Worst case, cripples us for a few years, leads to option 2 eventually
2) Embrace the suck, burn it down and start again
3) Do nothing. Carry on the slow and inexorable, but accelerating decline, try to address the gaping wounds with sticking plasters. Best case, may sneak into the playoffs again. Worst case, takes another 5+ years of mediocrity* before we get to option 2
* And I hate the word mediocre. It is far and away the most over used, and innapropriately used, word on this forum.
