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As we know the famous interview with DK, Lemieux, and Burkle. I want to bring up some points 1 year ago from that interview for discussion. Link to interview: http://blog.triblive.com/dejan-kovacevic/2014/05/16/exclusive-interview-mario-lemieux-ron-burkle/
(when asked about players such as Letestu, Lovejoy, Despres,etc.)
It's something that needs a thread of it's own. We have had a year to live up to words. Is it time to blame ownership? Do you think they've done a good job? What sey you?
DK: Is this roster too old?
Burkle: That’s part of what we’re talking about right now with the younger guys. You can look at the draft and say what we did or didn’t do, but we’ve got forwards and D-men who we have drafted and didn’t always take advantage of them or done a lot with them. So we have ended up with an older team. When we do see our younger guys, we see a lot more energy, a lot more of what we’d like to see in our game. So maybe those guys at the Garden were playing a little bit ahead of their ability. They made up with their energy.
DK: We saw some of that in Columbus, too, right? It wasn’t just about the city’s excitement. They had Ryan Johansen, a lot of other young players, all who were really amped up just to be there.
Lemieux: They had that nice mix of older and younger players that you need in the playoffs. A lot of fresh legs.
Burkle: Frankly, the salary cap situation is going to drive that anyway. With a cap system, you can’t just have a bunch of senior people on the team. You can’t afford to.
DK: On that note, this team has been guilty, at least in my estimation of not giving its younger players a chance. I’m not going to paint Simon Despres as Bobby Orr, but he didn’t get a chance. It’s the regular season, you’re on your way to 51 wins, and no one ever found about the kid, you know?
Lemieux: Yeah.
Burkle: Agree with that 100 percent.
(when asked about players such as Letestu, Lovejoy, Despres,etc.)
Burkle: On and on and on. So we haven’t given those younger guys a chance. We haven’t gotten that right mix on the ice.
We’re a team that’s been talking about finding forwards for Sidney all this time. We haven’t been drafting those forwards, and we’ve given up some younger players along the way. That has to change.
It's something that needs a thread of it's own. We have had a year to live up to words. Is it time to blame ownership? Do you think they've done a good job? What sey you?