Icicle
Think big
- Oct 16, 2005
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The VGK, who are the best team in the West despite being built with other team's trash, are THE proof that all it takes is competent management to build a good team. There is no reason if Botts is a competent GM that he can't make this a credible NHL team without taking half a decade (look no further than what Shero did with what looked like a hopeless tire fire in Newark).
They went into the season expecting to suck and trade off half of the roster they assembled at this deadline for draft picks.
The collective group of castoffs then went and played simple hockey with a chip on their shoulder and showed the league they were wrong about those players.
The GMing didn’t go according to plan at all. If it didn’t go according to plan it’s more luck than anything.
What it does show that culture of a locker room can take you places.
Meanwhile the gifted roster spot Sabres with no accountability stench passes on year to year and doesn’t get cleaned up.
They could make a change, but not until they realize how shitty they are. None of them being worth a damn on the trade market is a wake up call for these goons. Then realizing that nobody is going to swoop in and save them is what they need the most. They need to find it within.
There’s talent on the team. The biggest chemistry killer is gone. Lehner will be before next season. Now someone has to step up and make a change.
They can make an Avalanche turnaround but only if they want it.