I guess it depends on which side you're on.
It might be painful for the still optimistic fans here but for the tank/rebuild crowd it won't be painful at all to see them lose.
Watching them lose is always painful for me, but I acknowledge the end result is a higher draft pick.
Problem is this team just seems to pick up more holes than they can fix.
2 years ago, no centers. Now no D, especially RD when that was a strength 2 years ago with Weber, Petry, & Juulsen, and Brook & Fleury in the system.
Our LD is ok since Romanov is on the horizon and we have Norlinder, Struble & Harris with Mete & Chiarot on the team for at least the next 2 years.
But, it's never ending with Bergevin/Timmins who have been incapable of getting any depth in this organization.
Look at Pittsburgh, they just traded Addison a good young prospect in order to get better.
Because of their success, they have one of the worst draft positions yet year after year they seem to be able to add young players to their team or trade them for assets that they need.
I mean next year they probably add Poulin to their lineup and they already signed Legare.
Meanwhile, we lose one guy in Weber and we're f***ed because there's no depth.
It's been 8 gawd damn years!
The whole thing is just damn depressing.