It has been an ELITE blue line for a few years now. If the argument is that they haven't been ELITE through the first five games? I think that's a fair statement, but you also have to realize that the offense and goaltending has played a very large role in all of that.
All we need is Rask, Hunt and Stalock. We good.
We have an elite top 4, below avg goaltending, terrible offense and defense from the forward position, are completely hit or miss in the faceoff circle.
It depends on what you gave up for those higher odds, especially in a sport as chaotic as hockey. Sometimes a "good team on paper" can be horrifically bad due to injuries or bad luck, while a "bad team on paper" can go on a few lucky streaks and stay in the bubble. You have to do some pretty dramatic things (a la Buffalo) to really lock in at the bottom of the standings, things that could make it harder to pull out of the dive once things are "rebuilt."
How exactly are Edmonton and Buffalo cautionary tales of tanking rather than cautionary of bad management?
The sign of a truly great Mod is a love of beef"Fans" aren't monolithic enough to be any one thing. Most are unhappy when they lose and happy when they win. Some are unhappy when they win in the wrong way or in the wrong context. Some are happy when they lose as long as it's a step toward something they value more, like a high draft pick. That sort of dissensus is inevitable and healthy, at least in my eyes.
Right now the team is just in uncertain territory: same problems under a new GM with losses piling up. Personally I kind of enjoy the tension
I'm not disagreeing with a different approach, I'm just pointing out the dangers in outright tanking.
That says more about the selection process for the All Star game and the Wild's "star power" than it does about Dubnyk's play last year.
this is sarcasm right? the all star game is the same as NFLs pro bowl. meaningless....
