so you didn’t advocate for trading for Allen or a $4M+ backup at all then? Everyone knew he was on the block for two years after Binnington led them to a cup.
you’re proving my point for me. You crap all over every move that is made. That way if it doesn’t work out perfectly you can whine and complain and say how right you were, but you never make suggestions of what you’d want done before.
On the contrary, you back up this sorry management no matter how poorly they perform. If you're happy with how the team is doing right now, bleeding goals from substandard goaltending and defense, then good for you.
Again, it's not my job to know who's available and who isn't. I don't get paid for that, and I was FAR from the only one crapping on re-signing Smith. It was a predictably bad move that somehow has turned out even worse than we imagined. There were many goalies that moved over the course of the offseason and we opted to stay the course even though that clearly wasn't going to be enough. I wanted Markstrom, but I know that probably wasn't going to happen. I would've even settled for Holtby.
The team is in 29th place right now. They're three (likely soon to be four) games under .500. What would you call that? How can anyone praise management when the team is this bad? AGAIN?
I actually thought Holland had a decent offseason, Smith signing aside. I praised the Barrie and Turris deals. Hell, the post I linked earlier was the first one where I said I didn't like it.
Do you know why I don't make suggestions? Because I freely admit I don't know the value of players, who's available, who wants to go where, etc. I didn't know Allen was available until he was traded (and for a very small return at that).
I don't know who this team should have signed or traded for in the offseason. I only suggested Allen. I can tell you that even before the season began I knew that Koskinen/Smith was a mistake. What happened? It was a mistake. In fact most of the fanbase knew it was a mistake. Sorry, but Holland struck out and the season is going quickly down the tubes with no solution in sight. But don't worry, there's always next year with this team.