ForeverJerseyGirl
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100% agreed. so sickening to read no matter who's team page it's on.
The best we can do is hope to quarantine it at this point
Should be a long off-season around here...
100% agreed. so sickening to read no matter who's team page it's on.
Am I the only one who thinks it's not out of the question for this team to contend for years without ever acquiring some big name, star-type forward via UFA or the draft? (We'll see what Zacha becomes of course.)
It's certainly not the norm, I'll give you that. But, even if he's gone, Lou's fingerprints are all over this team. What's in the organization right now is classic Devils all the way.
The only way we contend without acquiring anyone is if Zacha becomes a 1st line 70+ point star player. And Larsson will need to become a legit number 1 and Severson will need to become an elite offensive dman. We'll need to hit an absurd amount of homeruns for it to work out without going outside the organization.
Contend? As in Cup? Holy Smokes...
The goal right now is to become a regular playoff team. You need to crawl before you can walk and it seems me everyone wants to sprint.
The goal right now should be to become a team that consistently wins 40+ games a year.
I honestly believe we have the players right now to begin that journey.
The only way we contend without acquiring anyone is if Zacha becomes a 1st line 70+ point star player. And Larsson will need to become a legit number 1 and Severson will need to become an elite offensive dman. We'll need to hit an absurd amount of homeruns for it to work out without going outside the organization.
Contend? As in Cup? Holy Smokes...
The goal right now is to become a regular playoff team. You need to crawl before you can walk and it seems me everyone wants to sprint.
The goal right now should be to become a team that consistently wins 40+ games a year.
I honestly believe we have the players right now to begin that journey.
Contend? Even if everyone hits, how can we compete with Washington, Pittsburgh and Tampa? We still wouldn't be close to those teams. We still need high end talent to be added to the organization.
I was literally responding to a post about how we can contend without acquiring anyone...And I said it'll take an incredible (read: very unlikely) number of guys reaching max potential...
Do I think we can make the playoffs without acquiring any big names within the next 3 years? Sure. That's not the post I responded to though.
Contend? As in Cup? Holy Smokes...
The goal right now is to become a regular playoff team. You need to crawl before you can walk and it seems me everyone wants to sprint.
The goal right now should be to become a team that consistently wins 40+ games a year.
I honestly believe we have the players right now to begin that journey.
How many more games do you think we could've won this season with a competent bottom 6 this season?
Forget 6, just a competent 3rd line....Not EVEN a good 3rd line, just competent.... and by competent I mean more than 2 Even strength goals between 5 people that played a couple hundred man games ALL season.
No more wins? 2 more? 4 more? We had 3 fewer wins(and ROW's) than Detriot and Philly who made the playoffs this season....THREE. 38 to 41 in both cases...Philly only had 2 more ROW's than we did.
And I put all that on Josefson and the rest of the cretins that played along side him.
How many more games do you think we could've won this season with a competent bottom 6 this season?
Forget 6, just a competent 3rd line....Not EVEN a good 3rd line, just competent.... and by competent I mean more than 2 Even strength goals between 5 people that played a couple hundred man games ALL season.
No more wins? 2 more? 4 more? We had 3 fewer wins(and ROW's) than Detriot and Philly who made the playoffs this season....THREE. 38 to 41 in both cases...Philly only had 2 more ROW's than we did.
And I put all that on Josefson and the rest of the cretins that played along side him.
The goal should be to win the cup. The way to go is the build a team that can win, not be a middle of the road team that loses in the 1st two rounds each year.