And if we make the playoffs, we have absolutely 0 chance of going all the way, and we'd be playing ourselves out of a top pick.
And the cycle of mediocrity continues...
Heck, it'd probably mean Bergevin not losing his job on top of it.
Yeah I don't like Bergevin and want him gone too.
I'm always optimistic when we enter the playoffs. Obviously we wouldn't be a top contender or anything, but if our goalie gets hot at the right time nothing is impossible. So no I think if we made the playoffs I would feel optimistic about our chances at the very least in round 1. Then after round 1, it snowballs. Once you make it to round 2 anything is possible, and so on.
Finally - I don't think that tanking/the draft is the only means to contending (nor do I even believe that necessarily has a strong chance of success). With a competent GM, we can make some moves in the off-season. Maybe we get lucky and sign someone like Tavares. Maybe we make some trades and get some actual decent players to address some of our needs. I think with a smart/capable GM we'd be able to turn out fortunes around by retooling, without a full rebuild.
It’s completely unrealistic because of my point you completely ignored. Philly would still need to lose games and there are a bunch of teams ahead of us who would also need to lose for that win streak to matter.
How am I acting like the GM? If I was I’d have your opinion because if I didn’t believe in the team I built I’d be fired.
Well right now Philly (and every other team in the race) is pacing for below 90 points. Does that continue? Does 1 or 2 of those teams get hot and finish at 98 points, and does that become the magic# where the last playoff spot is awarded? Maybe. Impossible to say of course.
But if the last playoff spot takes 90 points, as today's pace seems to indicate. It's not that unrealistic that with a win streak we can still reach that total. If we win our next 3 games (as an example). That would leave us with needing to finish our last 26 games of the season with 34 points. That gets us 90 points. It's not quite as unrealistic as you think.
Finally what I meant when i say "acting like gm". Everyone in these threads gets upset when I mention playoffs. It's not like i'm advocating we should be buyers, and trade our 1st round pick or other prospects to make a push for playoffs. All i'm doing is trying to stay optimistic and hoping we can start winning some games with our roster - our roster which SHOULD be playing better than it is. All of our players are having horrible years. That's crazy.
