Henkka
Registered User
The logic seems like: well, you guys complained so much that we didn't bring the kids up early enough, so now we're drafting kids who are physically and defensively ready to go sooner, and we can bring them up. Why aren't you satisfied? Etc.
The problem is now they're drafting low upside, high ceiling guys instead of the offensive players they used to. They basically don't seem to understand that we want them to value skilled offensive hockey more. They're saying: well, it took us a long time to get defensive value out of those players, so now we can get defensive value sooner, and it's a net upgrade. But it's really not.
You build the right kind of hard-working culture first. That's the 1st wave.
Skill comes next, as 2nd wave of prospects. And they will learn the right culture from these character guys.
It's a bigger multi-year plan many here can imagine. And I like it.
People get hooked easily for some certain single pick, when there's a lot bigger process going towards tanking and future contender.