thats the popular belief ... but the same people wanted EK, MD, EK, RD all/part extended ... it was right to pass on them all.
The problem is they are valuable for 1-? Years but complete boat anchors at some point too. The negative value part of their contracts would perfectly align with FYOUS.
Some, but not all, become boat anchors in the sense that their contribution (scoring stats, defensive capabilities, leadership, etc.) declines to the point where their salary does not reflect their performance. I don’t think it was “right” to pass on them all.
FYOUS is a PR gambit of a desperate owner with declining financial assets. The Senator’s issue is that the owner was not financially able to pay the higher salaries for the UFAs and instructed his lackey to trade them for whatever he could get, resulting in FYOUS and proudest day! Contributing to this “strategy” was the Heatley experience.
We are left with a bottom quartile team, with few quality veterans, LTIR players to get to the salary cap minimum, mediocre vets playing in positions above their grade, and a few young prospects and future draft picks. So it is called a “rebuild”. It is really “the dark side”.
Fans are left with “hope for the future”.