Three straight seasons of declining regular season points percentage? Check
Fire the coach? Check
Miss the playoffs? Check*
Have another team use your lottery pick in the low teens because of a cap shedding deal the summer prior? Check
Didn't have a first rounder last year because of a trade for an impact player that re-signed? Check
Pretty bleak right?
This is the Blue's circa June 2018
Now, it didn't just happen for them.
At the deadline they moved a fairly high end C rather than re-signing him to recoup futures
then in the off-season they made a major splash, dealing yet more futures plus to middle of the roster players in a cap in cap out deal for a team complexion changing impact player
Two trades.
Fire the coach? Check
Miss the playoffs? Check*
Have another team use your lottery pick in the low teens because of a cap shedding deal the summer prior? Check
Didn't have a first rounder last year because of a trade for an impact player that re-signed? Check
Pretty bleak right?
This is the Blue's circa June 2018
Now, it didn't just happen for them.
At the deadline they moved a fairly high end C rather than re-signing him to recoup futures
then in the off-season they made a major splash, dealing yet more futures plus to middle of the roster players in a cap in cap out deal for a team complexion changing impact player
Two trades.