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Yes, this seems asinine.Fire the GM if the title rangs true.
Wait, so the idea of making an improvement to the mid-6 for someone like Ferland when this team is frittering away points in 1-goal losses is not going to make a difference in playoff position?
Finishing isn't one of them. No thanks.Ferland checks off a couple team needs. I’d make that move.
The people who are incredibly impatient with the rebuild are the ones who bought into Murrays ‘accelerated’ timeline and are imposing those expectations on Botterill.
I’m sure he’s actively looking for upgrades in any way he can find them. Whether it’s big deals using firsts and minor deals using 5ths like he did last season.
But it takes two to tango and we either have D depth that already had to play Tennyson this season to get thinner, or 1sts. And trading 1sts for rentals is managing assets like our last failed GM did.
I also don’t get this notion that if we don’t make the playoffs we have to trade Skinner? We found chemistry for Eichel finally after all those years—and he wants to stay. You sign him long term and that’s that. You only trade for assets guys who don’t fit. Skinner fits this team. Better than Kane ever did, when our last GM traded the family farm he inherited to get him before vetting anything like character or desire.
Wait, so the idea of making an improvement to the mid-6 for someone like Ferland when this team is frittering away points in 1-goal losses is not going to make a difference in playoff position?
Fire the GM if the title rangs true.
Is Skinner still gonna want to stay if we continue to free fall right out of the playoffs...?
Finishing isn't one of them. No thanks.
There is truth in this as well. But right now we lack finishers, I'd like to see the organization give the playmakers we do have some support before we bring in more playmakers. They are nice to have, but without finishers they are spinning their wheels here in Buffalo for the most part.There’s more to hockey than just scoring goals. How about the guy that create the chances that other guys finishes? We have very few guys that can create/start plays that afford us the chance to finish plays.
The question isn't whether it makes a difference, it's whether it's worth a 1st. I remain firmly in the camp that we are not a good enough team yet to be blowing high quality futures on rentals.
Is Ferland actually going to return a first? I have my doubts.
What does trading picks for rentals have to do with Tim Murray? Some of you need to start collecting rent from the guy, jeez.If we trade our firsts for rentals, we are back to the Tim Murray years. We've had some nice growth this year, let's not blow. Our time is coming up
People could hear the word "hockey" at this point and their natural, instinctual response has become "fire the GM". Context doesn't matter.Methinks you're missing a slight bit of sarcasm in the title.
Finishing isn't one of them. No thanks.
Ferland is pacing for 30 goals. What players are you interested in, then?Finishing isn't one of them. No thanks.
Is Ferland actually going to return a first? I have my doubts.